Posts Tagged ‘Citizenship’

Chennai will no longer process Immigrant Visa petitions as of January 1, 2012.

“Important Announcement: The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai will no longer process Immigrant Visa petitions as of January 1, 2012. The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai will no longer process Immigrant Visa petitions as of January 1, 2012. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and U.S. Consulate in Mumbai will become the only acceptance centers in India for Immigrant Visas.
The Immigrant Visa allows an individual to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis, as well as provides the immigrant the opportunity to work towards U.S.

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What is Work Permit?

Work permit is a basic or the generic (without any brand) term for the legal authorization which allows one to have employment. It is generally given to that person who is not holding the citizenship of the country, but is permitted to work in the same country. He is also allowed to work under some of the terms and conditions i.e. under some jurisdictions that he is permitted legally to do the work.

There are many standard ways to apply for the work permit in any of the country and they are as following:

  1. The training and the work experience arrangements.
  2. Student internships.
  3. GATS.
  4. The business and commercial arrangements.
  5. The sports people and entertainers arrangements.
  6. The sectors based scheme.

Each of these processes requires its own different applications and the job offer from the employer in that country only.

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Importance of an immigration lawyer

Immigration is actually moving of a person from one country to other settling temporarily or permanently. But here the immigrant is used for the permanent resider and not the casual visitor. The migration is done due to many reasons like economic reasons, national reasons etc. Gaining permanent residency i.e. Green Card is based on the various types of opportunities like employment opportunities and that to require passing through many of the steps i.e. it is a multi step process. In order to obtain a Green Card one need to choose the path of USCIS under lawful permanent residency.

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