i have a friend who is here on a student visa but he would like to get a green card ,how does he does it?
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Please specify the country where your friend was born. Not every country can participate in the lotto. If your friend is a student he or she can work legally on a school related job. For example the school library or the school cafeteria. You did not specify f your friend is still going to classes in school or if he or she already has finished and now has to go back. Please be specific so we can help you
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There are several ways to obtain permanent residency, or a "green card" as it is popularly known. Most green card holders are those that have obtained jobs in the US and whose employers are sponsoring them; this is the surest way of securing permanent residency in the US. Another way is for a relative to sponsor you for a green card; however, this process takes years. Alternatively, you can marry an American citizen, although doing so for the sole purpose of obtaining immigration papers is illegal. Also, you can enter the annual diversity lottery program administered by the U.S. government, which provides green cards to nationals from particular underrepresented countries, provided they meet certain criteria for education and national origin (yes, Indonesia is eligible).
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It will be very difficult for him to immigrate to the US unless he applies to do a master´s degree there and go on a student visa.  Then he could get a work permit.
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Yes there is a diversity lottery organized by the government that awards a green card to certain people who apply each year. Applicants from certain countries can apply through the the state website http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/\n\nThe website has all the requirements needed and the list of countries that can apply. Every year this can change and the deadline for this year has already passed. There is a number of green card granted for each country and this changes year by year.
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I agree. He should find a school on the Internet and just contact them and then start the application with them and then with his country to get the visa.
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The first question I have is whether he is already a lawful permanent resident? If so, he can apply for naturalization assuming he has been a green card holder for at least 5 years. If not, he must first go through the green card process, and then apply for citizenship five years after that (or 3 if he marries a US citizen).\n\nGood luck!
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The are a lot of forms you have to fill out.  You have to start off with a fiance Visa and start from the.  The Immigration Website: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm  has all the information you need.  To make it easier do it all in sequence and you will have no troubles or delays in getting her a Green Card.  Just remember if you do it you will be monitored and will have an interview at the 2 year mark and the 5 year mark to make sure it was not a scam.  In other words marriage is the best option.  The kids are citizens too.
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There are many different ways to get a US green card.  I'll list 5 of the more common ways that people get them - from easiest to hardest:\n\n1. Marraige\n2. Investment\n3. Employment\n4. Political Asylum\n5. Green Card Lottery\n\nMarraige - This is the easiest and most certain way to get a green card.  If you marry a US citizen, you'll have your green card in a matter of months.  If you marry a green card holder who's not a citizen, it takes a little longer.\n\nInvestment - If you invest USD $1 million the US (or $500,000 in a underdeveloped part of the country) you can get a green card.\n\nEmployment - If you have excellent credentials in your chosen field and can find a US employer to sponsor you, you can get a green card.\n\nAsylum - If you are being persecuted for political or religious beliefs in Jordon, you can get a green card.\n\nLottery - You can also apply for the green card lottery.  If you're lucky, you can get a green card.  81 people from Jordon last year got green cards through this lottery.\n\nLottery - this is purely luck.  every year the US holds a "diversity lottery".  last year 81 people from Jordon won green cards!\n\nlook at the links below for more info
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First is to find a company to sponsor you.\n\nThere are basically two tracks: \n\n- employment-based immigration which leads to permanent residency or green card; and \n- temporary employment such as H1B visa\n\nWith employment based immigration, you first need to get Labor Certification - a process wherein the employer needs to prove the no American can fulfill the job and hence they have to hire a foreigner. This part is handled by the state's Department of Labor, and part of the procedure is to make a classified ads announcement through the papers (they require a widely circulated paper, not one of the limited circulation paper). The DOL will interview the respondents to the ad.  \n\nThis process can take anywhere from 2-5 years depending on the backlog of the state, though the Dept of Labor website  says that the backlog will be eliminated by 9/30/2007 http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/\n\nOnce you receive your labor certification, you will need to file several forms with the USCIS United States Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis . You will file for the Employment Authorization Document (EAD), which you can receive about 2-3 months after filing Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=4a5a4154d7b3d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD . \n\nYou can receive your green card anywhere from 18-24 months\n\nRead about the various categories for the Employment Based Immigration http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html\n\nAs for temporary workers visa such as H1B, this is quick to get and you can get it in about 2 months or even less. However, you are only allowed to work for 3 years and renewable for another 3 years.\n\nTo get a green card with an H1B, you employer needs to sponsor you. You will go through the labor certification process and the USCIS filings.\n\nYou can read about visas for Temporary workers at the Dept of State website \nhttp://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1271.html
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yes, usa has a green card lottery. they pick a certain number of visa applications per certain countries each year and allow those people to obtain visas. i'm not sure what your chances of getting it are but if u get it then u will have the opportunity to use it. someone else said u will have to work hard, that's right, u can't come to usa and get rich overnight. i think a lot of foreigns think that but there r certainly opportunities if u work hard. good luck
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Dear Madam,\n\nWe are licensed professionals in Canadian immigration law.\n\nWe provide assistance to people in the Middle East and around the world who are looking to visit, work, study, or immigrate to Canada.\n\nYou will require a list of documents to support his situation however it can be difficult.\n\nWe can apply for a visa for him and bring him to Canada.  Please contact us anytime.  Our website is http://www.immigrationprofessi... we also use immigration_professionals@yaho... for the convenience of one on one chat.\n\nHope to here from you and best regards,
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If you are a US citizen you can sponsor her through marriage  and the process would take from 6 to 8 months for her to get her Green Card, the best thing is that you sound you have a legit relationship and if that's the case you shouldn't have any problem getting approved, so she don't have to leave the country.\n\nGood luck!
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obtaining green card thru asylum.
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First try the Green Card Lottery. My wife got her Green Card that way. \n\nBasically you fill out a form online and the gov. chooses 50,000 entries who are given an opportunity to get a Green Card. It has been around for many years.\n\nWhen my wife did it she won it after 3 years of trying. \n\nIf you are married then you can both enter on your own. If one of you wins then both of you (because you are married) are given the chance to get the Green Card.\n\nIt is free to enter the lottery but if you win it costs about $600 to get all the paperwork and stuff together but it sure beats the thousands you might pay a lawyer to do it for you.\n\nIn all I know 7 people who have gotten their Green Cards that way.\n\nIf you choose to try it then DO NOT go through an agency to do it. It if 100% FREE to enter the green Card Lottery so why would you pay someone else to do it for you. It takes abour 10 minutes to fill out the form online.\n\nHere is the link to the details on the US Govt. site. \n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/divlott.htm\n\nOnce again - DO NOT pay someone or some company to do it for you.
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Its not that easy.\nFirst, you have to have excellent grades, high scores in SAT/TOEFL/GRE\nSecond, you have to be accepted into a school (pretty difficult since there are sooo many international students)\nThird, have enough funding to travel here, pay tuition and room and board.\n\nBeing an student in US does not make you an US Citizen. Your visa will expire unless you find an employer what will change you VISA status to permanent resident.\n\nAfter you become a permanent resident for a while, you can apply for citizenship with exams and interviews.
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some people come here legally with student visa, tourist visa. Then stay here ILLEGALLY after their visa has expire.\n\nThose who come here with student visa are smarter.
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Enroll for school in the US isn't hard, but is going to be very expensive as a foreign student. Even in a community college.\n\nShe can't work without a Visa.\nAs a European citizen, she can come here for 90 days with no Visa, just to visit you.\nShe can go to Mexico or Canada and come back for another 90 days if she wants to...\nShe can get a B-2 Visa if she wants to visit you and stay longer. Most likely she'll have to show 'ties' to her home country as well as enough money to support herself during this time and a round trip ticket.\nYou guys can get engaged and get her a K-1 Visa, which she can start working with or studying, but you'll have to get married within 90 days of her arrival :-)\nIf you choose this, after you get married she can easily get a probational green card.\nTwo years into the marriage, the probation is removed, and within three years she can become a Citizen.\nEnjoy.