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The Diversity Immigrant Visa program is a lottery program for receiving a US green card. It is also known as the Green Card Lottery. Popularly known as the green card lottery, approximately 50,000 – 55,000 visas are issued annually under this lottery program. The lottery is administered on an annual basis by the Department of …

The K3 visa is a relative new visa created by the LIFE Act of December 21, 2000. It allows the spouse of a US citizen and any dependent children (under a K-4 visa) who is the beneficiary of a pending immediate relative petition, to be admitted in a non-immigrant visa category while waiting for their …

The State Department announced in the January 2011 Visa Bulletin that most of the family-based categories will retrogress between one and three years beginning on January 1, 2011. Beginning on January 1, the 1st preference category (unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) goes from a 5-year to a 6-year wait.  The story is much, much worse …

An individual over the age of 18 seeking to become a citizen of the United States must apply for naturalization by filing an Application for Naturalization, Form N-400. To be eligible for naturalization, an applicant must fulfill certain eligibility requirements set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In an immigrant’s life, the decision …

A green card identifies its holder as a U.S. permanent resident, with rights to enter, exit, work, and live here for their entire life. But before you think about applying, make sure you’re eligible under one of the following categories. Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens Immediate relatives include: spouses of U.S. citizens, including recent widows …

The cost of getting a green card — may be going up, as the Obama administration has proposed increasing the application fee for a green card — given to foreigners with permission to live and work in the US permanently — from $930 to $985. The fee for required fingerprinting also would go up $5 …