What are the different ways to come to and stay permanently (obtain a Green Card) in the United States?
There are several ways: • Family based – through petition of certain close categories of relatives. • Employment based requires job offer and petition by U.S. employer • Asylum/Refugee Application by proving past or well founded fear of future persecution by the government of the native country or country of last residence or by group of people that the government is unable or unwilling to control. • Employment Creation – by investing $1,000,000 (one million U.S. dollars) in the U.S. economy and creating positions for 10 (ten) U.S. workers. For certain designated underdeveloped areas, the required investment is $500,000 (five hundred thousand U.S. dollars). • Self-petitioning, if you possess extraordinary or exceptional abilities in the sciences, business, arts, or athletics (also education for the extraordinary-ability category) as evidenced by sustained national or international acclaim and extensive documentation. • In case you are in removal proceedings (formerly known as deportati
