What is a PERM? PERM or Program Electronic Review Management, is a very important part…
What is a PERM?
PERM or Program Electronic Review Management, is a very important part of the employment-based Green Card process (especially for EB-2, EB-3 applicants). PERM is filed not with the USCIS but with DOL (Department of Labor), where they test the labor market to see if there are any U.S. employers willing to sponsor foreign nationals.
What are the 3 states that have the most immigrants?
The three states in the United States which have the most immigrant are: California with around 10 million of them which make one third of the state’s population; New York with around 5 million immigrants which make almost a quarter of the population and New Jersey with almost 2 million immigrants and 20% of them make up the population in NJ.
There are many great places to visit in the Unites States but the number one tourist attraction in the USA is Times Square located in the city of New York with around 42 million foreign visitors per year!
What is the EB-1 Visa?
EB-1 or Employment-Based Extraordinary Ability Green Card (First Preference) is a type of employment-based permanent residency Visa which includes foreign nationals with outstanding abilities, extraordinary professors/researchers, or multinational managers/entrepreneurs.
There are a few reasons why you can’t use the VWP and need to apply for the B-2 Visa instead. Those reason can be: you traveled to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia after March 1, 2011; you have dual nationality in one of the countries mentioned above; you’ve been denied entry in the U.S. before, you are not a citizen of the countries in the VWP list and you overstayed your last Visa.
What is the Marriage Based Green Card?
For an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, a spouse is qualified to obtain a green card. A green card is more commonly known as a marriage-based green card for your immigrant spouse and has special immigration priority. What this card grants is permanent residency in the United States to the immigrant spouse, which allows them to legally live, work and study in the United States. Marriage-based green cards, which the immigrant partner should hold at all times, is valid for a period of ten years. For the immigrant spouse to maintain his or her legal residency, it must be renewed no less than six months prior to expiration.
What are some of the questions that you’ll be asked in the immigrant visa interview?
Depending on the Immigrant Visa category, you get different questions. If for example you are applying for the Spouse Visa then the questions might revolve around how you met them, they might ask you more in-depth questions about your U.S. citizen spouse such as biographical information, education and employment info, their cultural background, your common interests and their family/children. Other than that you might be asked about the reason you want to enter the U.S., how long you plan to stay there, if you want to get a job or maybe study and they will also ask about your criminal history!
What is the number of immigrant visas that are issued per year?
Even though the number of issued Immigrant Visas has gone down since Trump got elected, The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows the U.S. to issue up to 675,000 immigrant visas every year for all immigrant visa categories.
