Posts Tagged ‘Obtaining A Green Card’

Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Employment-Based Visa Preferences

October 26th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

Returning to my series on obtaining a green card based on a job offer, when deciding whether to apply for an immigrant visa you must determine which employment-based preference category you fall into.

The first three employment-based immigrant visa preferences are as follows:

First Preference (EB-1): Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers. (No Labor Cert. required.)

First Preference is known as the category for “priority” workers. Needless to say, the vast majority of immigrants do not meet the criteria.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Eligibility for a Green Card through Employment

October 13th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

My last Seattle Immigration Lawyer Blog post provided an introduction to the rather daunting process of obtaining a green card through employment. This post will go a little deeper into the eligibility requirements. Before you consider this route, you must have these two things going for you: a job offer from a U.S.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | The Marriage Route to Getting a Green Card Continued – Living Abroad and Married to U.S. LPR

September 29th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

As any decent immigration lawyer will tell you, it’s easier to get your green card if you are married to a U.S. citizen rather than a U.S. lawful permanent resident. But, in writing my immigration lawyer posts on obtaining a green card, I want to cover as many options as possible. So, in the case of an immigrant living outside of the U.S. who is married to a U.S. lawful permanent resident (LPR) spouse, as usual, the U.S. spouse starts the process by mailing the visa petition (I-130) to USCIS.

Now, here comes the bad part. A visa petition from a U.S.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | The Marriage Route to Getting a Green Card

September 27th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

In my last two Seattle immigration lawyer posts, I wrote about the asylum route to a green card.

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The Green Card Process

March 29th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

A United States Permanent Resident Card also known as a Green card is an identification document or the card attesting to the permanent resident status in the United States of America. Green card is an identification document for a LPR (lawful permanent resident) of U.S. who doesn’t have American citizenship. It is basically the confirmation that the card holder is legally permitted to stay and work in United States. This card was initially when started was known as ‘Alien Registration Receipt Card’ but nowadays it is known as ‘Permanent Resident Card’. This card is always kept by permanent resident along with him all the times for the possession.

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