According to statistics, there are 5 million Chinese people in the United States, only 800,000 people have green cards, and the remaining ones are the first, second, second and third generations of immigrants.
There are many more people who far exceed this data and have no identity.
Many people think that as long as you live in the United States for a longer period of time, the United States will give you a green card, but it is not. Green cards in the United States are very difficult to get, and many people have lived in the United States for more than ten years and still have not obtained an identity.
Ordinary people want to get a U.S. green card, don't think that you can live there, you want to earn American money, use American resources, but also need a formal way to get the "pass" of the green card.
In addition, there is a set of data showing:
So far, Asians remain the most educated ethnic group in the United States, with 53.2 percent of Asians over the age of 25 with a bachelor's degree or above, well above the U.S. average of 31.2 percent.
The degree to which the Chinese attach importance to education is at the forefront of the world. The United States, on the other hand, is a world of high-quality educational resources, especially a country with concentrated and developed high-quality higher education.
In order to give their children a better growth and educational environment, and in order to allow their children to better establish themselves in the world, many parents find ways to get an American identity and then move to the United States at home.
So, is it difficult to immigrate to the United States? How can ordinary people get a U.S. green card?
Today's article, Xiaomei takes you together to a comprehensive understanding of the US green card.
1. Family-based immigrants
(Screenshot from the official website of the U.S. Department of State)
According to the U.S. Department of State's Schedule for Family-Based Immigrants, for applicants born Chinese mainland, F2A (spouses and children under the age of 21 of A.S. permanent residents) do not need to be scheduled and there are quotas.
In other words, if one parent has a green card, the spouse of the green card holder and children under the age of 21 can move with them.
This is also what we often hear of "one person applying, the whole family immigrating". In this way, even if the child is only a few years old, he can get a green card with his parents.
For children, as long as one of the parents has an American identity, then it is not difficult at all to get a U.S. identity, and it is possible to follow the rules.
However, some young people think more about the long term, such as our company recently signed a young man in his early 20s to apply for EB3 unskilled immigration.
The EB3 unskilled immigration program requires a waiting period of about 7 years, so after he gets his green card, he can also go to the United States to have another child, and the child is a U.S. citizen as soon as he lands.
In this way, it also saves the trouble of transferring from a green card to an American citizen later, and also allows children to enjoy more benefits from an early age.
Of course, in addition to the children under the age of 21, other relatives such as unmarried children over the age of 21, married children and siblings, especially the latter two, it is very difficult to go to relatives immigration, and they have to face a long waiting period of more than ten years.
Then in the case that there is no family-based immigrant to go, it is recommended to choose employment-based immigration in the United States.
2. Employment-based immigration
There are five main categories of U.S. employment-based immigration.
EB4's religious and political asylum is not suitable for Chinese; EB5 investment amount is high, cost-effective is not high, so it is not recommended.
Then the remaining EB1, EB2, EB3 are all cost-effective projects.
Among them, EB-1A has higher requirements for applicants and is generally the best in the industry; The biggest highlight of EB2 is the NIW, but it also requires applicants to be able to do high degree recognition and achievement recognition.
As far as ordinary people are concerned, if the bachelor's degree or above is sufficient, you can assess whether the NIW meets the conditions. If the conditions are ordinary, then EB3 non-technical is the best choice.
Pathway 1: EB3 unskilled immigrants
How can ordinary people immigrate to the United States through the EB3 unskilled program? That has to start with the ultra-low threshold of EB3.
1. There are almost no requirements for applicants.
The U.S. EB-3 has low threshold requirements for applicants, no language, education, assets, experience, etc., and only requires applicants to be in good health and have no criminal record.
2, there is almost no economic cost.
Worldwide, whether you want to immigrate to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc., at least nearly 1 million yuan, not to mention Australia, a country with strict policies and unfriendly to China.
The lowest immigration threshold in European countries is also about 2 million.
And not enough EB3 unskilled immigrants, the whole process only needs about 250,000 yuan of fees, and this money does not need to be given at one time, the project process to which stage, and then give the corresponding costs to that stage.
These two points have greatly broadened the scope of U.S. immigration applicants.
However, it is necessary to remind everyone that do not think that this project is nothing, and here we also carefully remind everyone that although the threshold for EB3 unskilled immigration is low, the applicant must accept the following two points.
1. Although there is no additional economic cost, it requires time cost.
Due to the low application conditions for the program, and the annual green card quota in the United States is limited, it has led to a backlog of a certain number of applicants, and there is a backlog.
So the schedule, as the name suggests, is the deadline that needs to be queued.
At present, the project still needs a 7-year waiting period, so immigrants with ideas, especially those who want to obtain American status for the education of their children, must apply as early as possible.
When the child needs to be under the age of 21, the applicant needs to fully consider this time.
2. Applicants are required to bear hardships and stand hard work and be willing to work for a US employer for one year.
As we all know, the United States has always been a labor shortage, in order to fill the gap in the domestic labor force, the program is approved by the United States Immigration Service, and then sponsored by the United States employer to immigrate to domestic applicants.
After successful immigration to the United States, you must work for a U.S. employer for one year. The year may be a job in a chicken processing plant or something, but with a salary, a regular eight-hour workday.
It's just that people who are accustomed to sitting in the office in China may not be used to this kind of physical work, but changing American identity in a year's time is also a very cost-effective project for ordinary people.
And only one applicant is required to work for a U.S. employer, and it is entirely up to him to decide whether to stay after one year.
In fact, the United States only welcomes three types of people: those with academic qualifications, those with a skill, and those who are hard-working.
EB3 unskilled immigrants are hard-working, educated, and skilled applicants who can take the EB-1A and NIW U.S. National Interest Waiver Programs.
Compared with EB3 non-technology, the monetary cost of these two projects will not be far behind (according to the specific conditions of the applicant, it is generally between 300,000 and 500,000 yuan), but the time cost will be greatly shortened.
Below, let's take a look at the exclusive projects of these two great/outstanding talents.
Pathway two: NIW U.S. National Interest Waiver
The NIW is one of the biggest two points of EB2, does not require a labor certificate, does not require employer sponsorship, is not limited by industry, language and age, and can be applied for by all walks of life.
Only 300,000-500,000 yuan can successfully immigrate in a cycle of about 3 years.
NIW Project Benefits:
☞ There are no age, language, funding, industry, etc
☞ No employer sponsorship, no need to apply for a labor card, no need to implement the job and then apply
☞ Fast approvals and short scheduling times
☞ There are no specific and quantifiable criteria for application and approval, and application materials are key to influencing the success rate of immigration
☞ One person applies for family immigration, and gets a permanent green card in one step
NIW Application Requirements:
If you want to apply for the project, you can actually apply as long as the applicant meets two conditions.
This condition, for example, is easy to meet, as long as the applicant has a master's degree or above, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of work experience in the professional field, it is eligible for higher degree recognition.
The requirement needs to see from the applicant's past accomplishments that future work in the United States can have a beneficial impact on the national interests of the United States. That is, it must be in the national interest of the United States.
Key difficulties in NIW applications:
For applicants with a bachelor's degree, it is not difficult to qualify for an advanced degree. However, U.S.C.I.S. made it clear that only a highly educated but unrelenting achievement was not eligible for NIW immigration.
Therefore, demonstrating that you can contribute to the United States through achievement is the key to NIW immigration applications.
In other words, before submitting an NIW application, you may need to constantly improve and optimize yourself, and build your own elite personality, such as publishing papers centrally and giving media interviews.
You have to find a way to prove to the USCIS through your application materials that you can contribute to the national interests of the United States, that is, you can play a certain role in promoting and promoting the development of related fields in the United States.
This is very important, the data shows that regardless of the applicant's background conditions, the application materials affect almost 90% of the success rate of the NIW, so we must pay attention to the preparation of the application materials.
In addition to the preparation of some of its own materials, NIW also has a very important point is the writing of the "Plan to the United States".
The so-called plan to go to the United States is to explain how you will promote the development of related fields through your own efforts after arriving in the United States, and bring practical benefits to the United States.
Of course, this plan only needs to be written based on the immigration application, the purpose is to support the applicant's ability and contribution to the United States in the future, without worrying about how to achieve it after landing.
In general, whether it is the application materials or the plan to go to the United States, it is not recommended that the applicant diy it himself, and consult the senior copywriter who has handled many successful cases, which can be more effective with half the effort.
Pathway 3: EB-1A Talent Immigration
The EB-1A is a green card category designed for exceptional talent immigration and is the number one priority category in green card applications. There is no need for a backlog, no employer sponsorship, and requires applicants to have superb professional skills in fields such as science, art, business, education or sports.
Many people may be scared away when they hear the four words "outstanding talents", in fact, the concept of "outstanding" is not difficult to understand, as long as it is at the top of the field and has superb professional skills.
Take an example that many people may not believe much.
When an old lady in Beijing cut paper arrived in the United States, Long Feifeng showed her superb paper-cutting skills in front of the immigration officer, and then took out the reports published in the newspaper about her, and the immigration officer was stunned, gave the old lady a thumbs up, and approved her AMERICAN green card.
It can be seen that the EB-1A outstanding talent immigration is actually not so high and unattainable.
EB-1A Program Benefits:
☞ No waiting, no quota
☞ The processing cycle is short, and you can get a green card in about a year
☞ The applicant's spouse and children under the age of 21 are also granted a permanent U.S. green card
☞ Cost-effective, low cost, no language, age, education and other restrictions
☞ No temporary green card excess, one step to get a permanent green card
Key points of the EB-1A project:
☞ Outstanding talent in the field of expertise
☞ There are widely recognized achievement contributions and prestige within the professional field
Application Requirements:
☞ At least three of the ten criteria for outstanding talent need to be met.
Here's a few misconceptions about EB-1A great people:
1. The above requirements do not need to be fully met, only at least three of them can be met to submit an application. Of course, the more criteria met, the more favorable it is for the applicant.
2. Whether or not to win the award is not the key to approval, compared with the award, the immigration officer is more concerned about the applicant's contribution to the industry, that is, the applicant's own ability and influence.
3. The success rate of the project application has nothing to do with whether the applicant is in the United States.
4. The materials submitted must be mainly highlighted, and the immigration officers should be impressed from the application materials.
Actionable points for EB-1A program applicants:
1, many of the criteria of EB-1A are not quantifiable, the immigration officer's judgment of "outstanding talents" is more subjective, the application materials provider leaves more room for the applicant to operate, carefully excavate the highlights, you may meet the conditions.
2. The success rate of the project application is high, but it is not recommended to DIY yourself, find an experienced immigration company and professional lawyers, copywriting, which can greatly improve the probability of approval.
The above is an introduction to the three most cost-effective ways for employment-based immigration in the United States.
If you also want to live a better life, let your children receive a better education, if you also want your family to have a more relaxed, laid-back, stressful, healthy lifestyle, then you may wish to know more about the United States.
We have been engaged in The U.S. Immigration Program for many years, handled many successful cases, and have more than ten years of experience in veteran immigration consultants, professional copywriters and professional lawyers will also check the whole process to help you "move" forward.
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Source: U.S. Immigrants Official Website
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