Green Card (Permanent Residence)
Green Card (Permanent Residence)
There are various ways in which a person may obtain lawful permanent residence (a green card) in the United States. The most common method is through family-based or employment-based immigrant visa petitions. However, there are other ways, such as through asylum, cancellation of removal, or VAWA battered spouse self-petitions:
- A: Family-based immigration
- Employment-based immigration
- Asylum
- Cancellation of removal
- VAWA battered spouse self-petition
- Amerasian child of a U.S. citizen
- American Indian born in Canada
- Armed forces member
- Cuban native or citizen
- NACARA
- Indochinese Parole Adjustment Act
- S-Visa (informant or “snitch” visa)
- U-Visa (victim of criminal activity)
- T-Visa (victim of trafficking)
- Registry
- Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (the “green card lottery”)