The United States immigration system is complex. There is lot of confusion regarding U.S. immigration process and functions. The INA or the Immigration and Naturalization Act is the head of law governing existing immigration policy. It serves for 675,000 permanent immigrants as a yearly worldwide limit with some exceptions for family members. LPR or lawful permanent residency permits a foreign candidate to live and work lawfully and remain permanently in the U.S. Moreover, they are entitled to apply for all kinds of jobs and live in the country though they are unemployed. The jobs are not limited to U.S. citizens. Every year, the U.S.immigration allows non-citizens only onan impermanent basis. The President and the Congress find the total number for immigrant admissions every year.
Immigration rules U.S.A
is classified on the basis of certain principles: promoting diversity, protecting refugees, allowing immigrants with talents that are useful to the United States economy and reunion of families.
The following sheet offers complete information about the design of the United States legal immigration system.
Family-based immigration
Family union remains as a major principle in the U.S. immigration policy. It is possible to allow LPRs and U.S. citizens under the family-basedimmigration policy to the U.S. It is admitted through family preference system or direct relatives of the U.S. citizens.
Potential immigrants who are eligible under close relative’s category should encounter standard eligible criteria. Moreover, the petitioners should meet certain financial requirements and age. The immediate relatives are parents of citizens in the U.S. (petitioner should be minimum 21 years old to remain eligible), unmarried minor children who are U.S. citizens (less than21 years old) and partners of U.S. citizens.
Every year, only limited visas are present under the family-based immigration system. The potential immigrants should meet standard eligible principles and the petitioner should meet certain financial and age requirements.
U.S. Citizenship:
If you wish to get approved as U.S. citizenship by naturalization, you need to have a green card or LPS status for about five years or at least three years if you have obtained the green card by VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and by U.S. citizen spouse. Applicants for U.S. immigration citizenship should be minimum of 18 years old, show continuous residency, exhibit good moral character, pass U.S. civics and history and English exam with certain exceptions and pay for application fee along with other requirements.
Per country ceilings
Numeric limits are placed as per several immigration preferences. Additionally, INA shares a limit regarding the number of immigrants who could visit the United States from another country. At present, there are no group of employed based and family based permanent immigrants from another country can remain more than 7% of total people immigrating to the U.S. in a single economic year.
Employment-based immigration
It is classified into two types as temporary visa classifications and permanent immigration. In temporary job-based visa classification, the employers are allowed to hire and allow foreign nationals for particular jobs for a certain period. The temporary workers function for the employer that are appealed and they have the limited facility to change jobs.