PROCESS+to+BECOME+U.S.+PERMANENT+RESIDENT

= __** Process of Becoming a Permanent Resident of the **** United States: **__ = __** QUESTIONS to be answered: **__ 1-Application process, time waiting for approval, cost. 2-Other ways available to enter U.S. legally? 3-Anchor babies?

**__RESEARCHED FACTS:__** **__(//Please put your name in parathesis after each fact you post on this page.//)__** **__1.__** it takes 5-6 months(James Pugliese) 325$-930$(james Pugliese) A permanent resident is someone who has been granted authorization to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis. As proof of that status, a person is granted a permanent resident card, commonly called a "green card." You can become a permanent resident several different ways. Most individuals are sponsored by a family member or employer in the United States. Other individuals may become permanent residents through refugee or asylee status or other humanitarian programs. In some cases, you may be eligible to file for yourself. The steps to become a permanent resident are different for each category and will depend on if you are currently living inside or outside the United States. The main categories are listed below. More information is available in the links to the left. > How to apply for permanent residence when a family member petitions for you > How to apply for permanent residence based on a job offer or employment > How to apply for permanent residence when you have been granted refugee or asylum status > Learn about the many other ways that you may qualify for permanent residence B. On a normal day, some 70,000 foreigners arrive in the United States. Most are welcomed at airports and borders: more than 60,000 of them are nonimmigrants who come to the US as tourists, business visitors, students or foreign workers. Another 2,500 arrivals are immigrants or refugees whom the US has invited to join American society as permanent residents. Finally, there are 5,000 unauthorized aliens. About 4,000 are apprehended every day, most along the US-Mexican border just after entry, but at least 1,000 elude detection at the border, or slip from legal to unlawful status after legal entry, as when a tourist takes employment. (Natalie Santangelo)
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 * **Green Card Through Family**
 * **Green Card Through a Job**
 * **Green Card Through Refugee or Asylum Status**
 * **Other Ways to Get a Green Card**
 * __A.__**immigration through a family member,immigration through Refugee or Asylum status ,immigration through "The Registry" provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act ,immigration approved by the Director of Central Intelligenc ( Nick Olson)

**__3.__** It is estimated that 300,000 “anchor babies” are born each year. Under current law, these children automatically become U.S. citizens, and are often used as anchors for illegal immigrant parents to remain in the country.(Kayley Zimmerman)

**__SOURCE CITATIONS:__** **__(You must cite all of the sources you used to collect the facts you posted on this page.)__** **__1.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/263898/official_becoming_a_us_citizen_or_permanent.html__** **__2.__** A.http://www.visaus.com/citizen.html,this website has a horrible editing process B. Midgley, Elizabeth, and Philip Martin. "There Are Many Kinds of Immigrants: Legal, Illegal, Temporary Visitors and Persons with a Temporary Protected Status, Legal Foreign Workers and Unauthorized Migrant Workers. In Many Cases, the Same Person Switches from One Category to Another, as She, E." //Agricultural & Resource Economics at UC Davis//. 14 Apr. 1996. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. . **__3.__F** orbes, Randy J. "Immigration - Congressman J. Randy Forbes." // Congressman J. Randy Forbes - The Official Online Resource for Constituents of Virginia's Fourth Congressional District //. 23 Sept. 2009. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. .