My name is Jacob Sapochnick and I'm an immigration attorney based in San Diego California in
this video we're gonna talk about five ways how you can get a green card.
Most people that contact us eventually want to be able to get a green card but how do
you get a green card?
Well essentially, that five ways you can do it the first way is: Where you can get sponsored
by a family member.
So if you have a brother or sister or a parent who is a US citizen or a spouse who is a US
citizen they can file a petition for you called i130 and this petition will initiate the process
eventually allowing you to get a green card.
Now, if it's an immediate relative like a spouse, the green card wait is much shorter.
If it's a brother and sister you have to get in line and wait many many years.
But eventually, you're gonna get it through a family member which is the first way how
you can get a green card.
The second way is through an employer.
If you have an employer who is offering you a job and you're already working for that
employer and their work visa like an H1 or any other visa, that same employer can petition
for you for a green card through a process called Labor Certification Perm and eventually
once that Labor Certification is approved you're able to file with the US Immigration
Service and eventually you can get a green card.
Now, typically when you file through an employer, there are different levels there's an EB3
Category if you have a bachelor degree less than five years experience or an EB2 if you
have a masters or a bachelor of many years of experience.
The difference is that it controls the wait time for those petitions but essentially you
do need an employer to be able to get a green card and this is called Employment-based Petition.
The third way to get a green card is by investing half a million dollars into a regional center
or investing in your own business and million dollars including creating jobs, ten jobs.
The EB5 Program is a program that allows investors who invest large amounts of money let's say,
half a million dollars into a regional center or government program to get a green card
in less than two years.
The beauty of a EB5 is that if you invest in a regional center you don't have to work
there, if you invest in your own project you have to fulfill certain requirements by creating
10 jobs and you know fulfilling the investment amount of a million dollars or half a million
dollars depending where you are based in the US.
So the third way is true investment of a half a million dollars or more into your own business
or into a regional center.
The fourth way is by applying for the green card lottery.
Now, the US government once a year typically in October opens the door for a green card
lottery where 50,000 people can win the green card if they fill the application.
Now the green card lottery is designed to create diversity of people in the US, because
people from countries like Mexico, Philippines, China and a few other countries are not qualified
to be in this lottery because there are too many immigrants from those countries.
It's still a very good option to try, we know that current administration is talking about
eliminating this program, but so far it is existing and I encourage you to try it if
you're one of the countries that are included in this program.
The final way to get a green card is for asylum or being a refugee.
So if you come to the US and you're afraid to go back to your home country you can apply
for an asylum in the United States.
An asylum is a great program for those people that are not able to go home because they're
afraid to be persecuted religion, race political affiliation and a few other things.
And so if you qualify for Asylum, we encourage you to try it.
Those are the five ways you can get agreement through a family petition, employment-based
green card, EB5 investing half a million dollars in a government project or your own business,
green card diversity lottery and finally the asylum program.
We hope that this video was useful for you guys and if you have any questions please
post them in the comments below or email me at jacob@h1b.biz and I'll see you in our next
video..
Thanks for watching!