How To Get A Green Card And H-1b Visa
How to Obtain Green Card:
There are quite a lot ways to become a permanent inhabitant of the United States. To become one, you have to get a Green Card first. The green card holder can live or work in the United States. Some can become a green card holder by getting sponsors from a family member of theirs or from an employer. Some other can become permanent residents through humanitarian programs.
Getting sponsors from a family member who is a citizen in the U.S is the best way to acquire a green card.
People who come from different countries to work in the U.S try to get permanent resident status by applying for a green card. They would have come to the U.S with a temporary visa.
When trying to get a green card by obtaining sponsor from your employer, there are 3 steps to be kept in mind. They are
· The Labor Certification Application
· The Immigrant Petition
· The Adjustment of the Status
It will approximately take around 2 years to get a green card through sponsorship from the employer.
There is another method to get a green card which is known as the DV lottery system where DV stands for diversity visa. In this program, once in a year green cards are given to approximately 50,000 foreigners on a random basis with the help of a computer program.
One more method to obtain a green card is that you need to marry a U.S citizen. Technically speaking, your spouse is sponsoring you to get a green card.
How to obtain H1B visa:
The H1B visa falls under the non-immigrant category. It is for the temporary workers. To get this visa, your employer should apply a H1B visa petition for you. It allows you to work for that particular employer in the U.S. The main qualification to get a H1B visa is that the visa holder should have done under graduation at least. The visa in its initial stage will allow you to stay in the U.S for 3 years and then you can extend it for another 3 years and not more than that. Each year the number of applications to get H1B visa increases and within that 65,000 applicants will be chosen in a random manner.
Things that H1B visa holder can do:
He/she can invest in the stock market.
He/she can purchase lottery tickets and also can buy or sell properties in the U.S.
The visa is subject to approval. The applicant should have passport. They have to fill the form and appear for an interview at the nearest US consulate in their country.
