U.S. immigration made easy

Your immigration companion

Part I: Getting started: U.S. immigration eligibility and procedures. Where to begin on your path toward immigration

Are you already a U.S. citizen?

Can you enter or stay in the U.S. at all?

Dealing with paperwork, government officials, delays, and denials

Special rules for Canadians and Mexicans

How and when to find a lawyer

Part II: Introduction to permanent U.S. resident (Green cards). Getting a Green card through family members in the U.S.

Getting a visa to come marry your U.S. citizen fiancé (K-1)

Getting a Green card through employment

Getting a Green card through the diversity visa lottery

Getting a Green card as an investor

Getting a Green card as a special immigrant

Getting a Green card as an asylee or refugee

After your approval for a Green card

Part III: Introduction to nonimmigrant (temporary) visas. Getting a business or tourist (B-1 or B-2) visa

Getting a temporary specialty worker (H-1B) visa

Getting a temporary nonagricultural worker (H-2B) visa

Getting a temporary trainee (H-3) visa

Getting an intracompany transferee (L-1) visa

Getting a treaty trader (E-1) visa

Getting a treaty investor (E-2) visa

Getting a student (F-1 or M-1) visa

Getting an exchange visitor (J-1) visa

Getting a visa as a temporary worker in a selected occupation (O, P, or R visa)

Part IV: Introduction to other forms of long-term legal status in the U.S. Humanitarian remedies allowing stays in the U.S.

Deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA)

Getting a U visa as a crime victim assisting law enforcement.