Naturalization In America
America Immigration www.anerucabimmigrationcouncil.org/resarch/how-united-states-immigration-system-works. -Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) - the body of law governing the current immigration policy provides for an annual worldwide limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants, with certain exceptions for close family members.
-lawful permanent residents (LPR'S) are eligible to apply for nearly all jobs and can remain in the country even if they are unemployed.
-Immigration to the United States is based upon: -the reunification of the family -admitting immigrants with skills that are valuable to the economy. - protecting refugees - promoting diversity
- Family Based Immigration - Allows U.S …show more content…
-prospective immigrants must meet standards eligibility criteria. - Petitioners must meet age and financial requirements. -the number of visas can not be lower then 226,000 this has been the amount available each year. - This often exceeds to 480,000 -fiscal year (FY) 2014 family basis immigrants comprised of 64% if all new LPR's in the U.S.
Preference Allocation 1 U.S Citizen Unmarried adult children 23,400 2A LPR spouses & minor children 87,900 2B LPR Unmarried adult children 26,300 3 U.S Citizen married adult children 23,400 4 U.S Citizen Brothers & sisters 65,000
Employment based immigration - Immigration with valuable skills to come to the U.S on both permanent and temporary basis. -Temporary visa Classification -Most temporary workers must work for the employer that petitioned fro them to have limited ability to change …show more content…
Permanent Immigration -140,000 per year
Divided into 5 Categories
1) Persons of extraordinary ability 40000
2) members of professions holding advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability 40000
3) skilled workers with at least two years of training or experience 40000 unskilled residents to 5000
4) Certain special immigrations including religious workers 10000
5) A person who will invest 500000 to 1 million dollars in a job-creating enterprise that employees at least 10 full-time U.S workers. 10,000
- Per-country Ceiling - The INA Places a limit on how many immigrants can come into the U.S from any one country. - No group of a permanent immigrant from a single country can exceed 7% of the total amount of people immigrating to the U.S in a single fiscal year. - prevent any immigration group from dominating immigration patterns into the U.S.
Refugees and
-lawful permanent residents (LPR'S) are eligible to apply for nearly all jobs and can remain in the country even if they are unemployed.
-Immigration to the United States is based upon: -the reunification of the family -admitting immigrants with skills that are valuable to the economy. - protecting refugees - promoting diversity
- Family Based Immigration - Allows U.S …show more content…
-prospective immigrants must meet standards eligibility criteria. - Petitioners must meet age and financial requirements. -the number of visas can not be lower then 226,000 this has been the amount available each year. - This often exceeds to 480,000 -fiscal year (FY) 2014 family basis immigrants comprised of 64% if all new LPR's in the U.S.
Preference Allocation 1 U.S Citizen Unmarried adult children 23,400 2A LPR spouses & minor children 87,900 2B LPR Unmarried adult children 26,300 3 U.S Citizen married adult children 23,400 4 U.S Citizen Brothers & sisters 65,000
Employment based immigration - Immigration with valuable skills to come to the U.S on both permanent and temporary basis. -Temporary visa Classification -Most temporary workers must work for the employer that petitioned fro them to have limited ability to change …show more content…
Permanent Immigration -140,000 per year
Divided into 5 Categories
1) Persons of extraordinary ability 40000
2) members of professions holding advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability 40000
3) skilled workers with at least two years of training or experience 40000 unskilled residents to 5000
4) Certain special immigrations including religious workers 10000
5) A person who will invest 500000 to 1 million dollars in a job-creating enterprise that employees at least 10 full-time U.S workers. 10,000
- Per-country Ceiling - The INA Places a limit on how many immigrants can come into the U.S from any one country. - No group of a permanent immigrant from a single country can exceed 7% of the total amount of people immigrating to the U.S in a single fiscal year. - prevent any immigration group from dominating immigration patterns into the U.S.
Refugees and