LPR - GREEN CARDS

LPR-Green Cards

Permanent residence applications are also referred as green card cases or immigrant visa petitions. A foreign person wishing to immigrate to the United States permanently needs an immigrant visa. In order to immigrate to the United States , an applicant must be sponsored by a family member, either a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, or by a U.S. employer.

There are many ways to immigrate to the United States, depending on the types of family relationship and employment-based categories based on the applicant's specific set of skills. 

Immigration Through Employment

A U.S. employer can sponsor certain skilled workers who will be hired into permanent jobs. Please click on our Employment-Based Petitions link to learn more about this process.

How long do I have to wait to obtain a Green Card?

The United States law limits the number of immigrant visas available each year, with certain limits by country. In these limited categories, whenever the number of qualified applicants exceeds the available immigrant visas, the applicant will need to wait. In this situation, the available immigrant visas will be issued in the chronological order in which the petitions were filed. The date a petition was filed is called  Priority Date.

What is a Priority Date?

In family immigration, this is generally the date the I-130 petition was filed with USCIS. For some employment based categories, this is the date your labor certification application was filed with the Department of Labor.

What is the Visa Bulletin?

The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and consular immigrant visa applications. The Department of State releases a monthly Visa Bulletin announcing the priority dates for each of the visa categories.

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