Monday, June 9, 2014

Requirements To Enter and Settle in The United States

There are many ways for foreign nationals to migrate legally to the United States. In this post, we will discuss a few ways to enter U.S without facing any legal complications.

One of the simplest ways of coming to the U.S is by getting sponsored by a family relative. It takes around a year to get approval for this arrangement. If even one of your parents is a US citizen, you would automatically become American citizen as well. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 lists out details in this regard.

Trying to get settled in this country via sponsorship by a permanent resident or a sibling citizen may take about a decade.

Employment is the most common reason why people immigrate to this nation. Your New York state attorney will assist you in getting through the procedure without much hassle. If a US based employer offers you a job, things will get simpler for you.

Especially if you are in a profession for which the country doesn’t have enough qualified workers, such as doctors, academics and lawyers, you will be given the first category preference. Nursing profession comes in the second category. One can apply for a non-immigrant visa to enter the country and then apply for a green card a couple of years later.

While applying for the status of a permanent resident in the US, foreign nationals have to provide the authorities with reports and documents supporting a good character. Applicants are required to provide police reports from everywhere they lived for at least one year after the age of 16. To prove you have no police records, a statement attested and issued by the police will have to be supplied.

Reports of complete physical examination authenticated and checked by USCIS is another factor that goes into obtaining permanent residence status.

US immigration policies demand that a person has enough funds and resources to survive in the country. In case if someone doesn’t have enough funds of his own, he can rely on the Affidavit of Support that USCIS issues, filed by the sponsoring family member or by some third party. No proof may be required if the mode of immigration is employment.