U.S. Immigrant Visas

This program, led by immigration attorney Allen E. Kaye, provides a general overview of how aliens obtain immigrant visas and become Lawful Permanent Residents.

The U.S. Immigration Selection System consists of family-sponsored immigrants, employment-based immigrants, diversity immigrants, refugees and asylees and persons not subject to numerical limitations. The overall annual cap is 480,000 immigrant visas.

Mr. Kaye focuses on family-sponsored immigration, employment-based immigration and diversity immigration (the visa lottery). The “green card,” form I-551 or I-551 is merely evidence of Lawful Permanent Resident status.

He will discuss how aliens can obtain their immigrant visas through family-sponsored, employment based and diversity immigration.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the various subcategories of immigrant visas under the family-sponsored, employment-based and diversity immigration

2. Discuss in detail how to obtain immigration visas in each of these categories and subcategories and learn their basic requirements