Here is the Green Card Process Steps for EB1, EB2 and EB3. You can also check the timelines, Status and Priority dates in other sections of H1B wiki Blog and Forum. Every year, many non-immigrants in the United States holding a job and working under H-1B or L-1 Immigration Status apply for Green Card. Green card provides to you United Stated permanent lawful residency and allows the green card holder to reside and work in the United States of America on a permanent basis.
Here is the funny comic on Green Card processing. After seeing the flowchart, you will know how true the comic is!
GREEN CARD APPLICATION PROCESS
Here is a flow chart provided by H1BWiki, explaining the step by step process undergone while applying for a green card. This flowchart is specific to those applying under H-1B or L-1 status who are applying under EB-1, EB-2 or EB-3 Categories:
The above flow chart explains the green card process specifically for those who would want to apply under EB-1, EB-2 or EB-3 Categories.
Latest Green Card Priority Dates for February 2013 can be viewed here.
It is not saying about the prevailing wage determination process
Please add that too
Green Card Aaa Gaya??
Isn’t LCA for H1B & LC for GC ? Can you change the word LCA in the flow chart image to LC ?
I am currently a student in the USA with a F1 visa and I am working as part as my CPT. My employer is petitioning for a EB2 green card, but according to this chart that’s not possible.
The pictorial is wrong and misleading. You can apply for EB-2 even if your employer is not ready to support the process i.e. apply for a national interest waiver. An alien may apply for permanent residence status (Green Card)
and seek a waiver of the offer of employment by establishing that his orher admission to permanent residence would be in the national interest.
The national interest waiver is a good option for those who do not wish to wait several years for labor certification or those who do not wish to be tied to a specific employer during labor certification.
The national interest waiver applicant sponsors him or herself and is
not required to have a job.
Regarding filing EAD along with I-140 once priority date is current… Do you know if this applies for H-4 visa holders?
How about this flowchart… (Already in the US) ———> (Marrying an American) ———->(Congrats!!! You got yourself a Green Card). DONE!!!!
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It’s my petition to Speaker #JohnBoehner and the #UShouseofrepresentatives. This petition is for acting on the High Skilled Immigration reform. I am sure many of you would agree and would like to act. Let us atleast do our part. Please sign and support me !!
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This is the right thing to do …
Idiot, this is not your donation paid private college where you might have gone to get pretty much fake degree. This is US of A and of course they need comedians like you but you have gone extreme. Highly skilled? Kiss in between my arse.
Good news
If your employer files LCA on my behalf, when is a right time to get my spouse on my file ?
LOL….this is funny. There are many H1 or L1 or WhoKnows1 kind of visa holders in my community and they always ask us “Green Card Aaa Gaya?”…….This is so funny because I hardly speak any other language than English. When I say we dis not come here on H1, L1, X1 visa and we already became US citizen few decades ago then they just don’t like that. Funny dudes specially seeing them in sports shoes with dress pents.
not so funny than so called citizens is taking time to comment on a site which is dedicated H1b visa holders 🙂 , Just chill and take a pill and please next time when you are trying to show off your English please do check for grammar before you hit submit
whats dress pents?? is that your ‘English’ ?? 🙂
hi none
pl dont forget tht every one has their “first”. it is not so funny to forget our own past too….cheers
Thanks for the great info- One quick question- I am on L1B Visa (in last year of expiry) and my employer is willing to apply for a Green Card. My wife is working on L2 Visa, and once the Green Card application is submitted, I understand the visa status can be renewed, on those lines can my wife’s L2 Visa be renewed along with her EAD ? Just checking so that both of us can be working while the lengthy process.
This should be part of student orientation and should be shown in each and every college before coming to US
When you are coming to US with non immigrant status after an interview to prove that you don’t have any such intention what makes you think you are entitled to get a green card and needs some one to give you all the information.
Damn Right ‘G’
You should get your facts right, an H1 visa is a visa with intent to apply for a green card. Simply because there aren’t enough U.S citizens doing the same job you’re doing and not not as good
Friends my name is Paridhi Dixit. Please take a moment to read and sign the petition below.
It’s my petition to Speaker #JohnBoehner and the #UShouseofrepresentatives. This petition is for acting on the High Skilled Immigration reform. I am sure many of you would agree and would like to act. Let us atleast do our part. Please sign and support me !!
We need 100 signatures for this petition to be sent to the speaker #JohnBoehner and #UShouseofrepresentatives … Please click on the link and sign this petition and share this to have your friends sign it too !!
http://www.change.org/petitions/john-boehner-and-u-s-house-of-representatives-and-barack-obama-petition-to-approve-the-high-skill-immigration-reform?share_id=sWRrEYDZSm&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
Good information for the starter
Also, please add to this flow: Illegal Latino -> Automatic Green Card -> Automatic Citizenship
Come back as iilegal, you wil aslo get card automatically.
Thats what happening in India as well. Bangladeshi’s have more rights than local assam bhodos. due to political correct congress infected by Isamic law.
Add illegal Muslims (via soudi->mexico) -> Automatic Green Card -> Automatic Citizenship -> Welfare, Unemployment Benefits with 4 wives@each3-4kids=)15kids, total 20/family @700avg/head= $14K/family (if Hussain Obama ‘s hidden agenda to repeat what Mohammedans doing in Europe succeeds, then takeover)
apparently you don’t know how many WHITE AMERICANS study Engineering or Medicine, before complaining about immigrants remember that at one point every member of YOUR family was an immigrant too.
its not matter and not even required to divide section as s’White’, if they are stubburn and we will still have slavery.
Differences is legal vs illegal period. I don’t and can’t encourage ilegals even if its my family.
if you’re talking about legal vs illegal then you should check your information about H1 and L1 visas the government allows H1 and L1 holders to apply for an Employment Based Green card thus allowing them to apply for citizenship after 3-5 years depending on their status
There is no problem of legal immigration at all. The original poster pointed towards illegal Latinos and I added to it a much bigger problem to that is AGAIN ILLEGALS, but difference is THEY ARE MUSLIMS growing mushrooms children, eating welfare and still illegally getting citizen ship. that should never happen.
sounds you are racist, what is about talkng about muslims?? not nice, my dr is muslims, lots of mulims are drs professors, they all helps US from all sides, they all pay taxes more than what u get a year. and how come muslim comes illegal? there is no muslims countries around america. so please get out of ur racist bubble and be modern
Tell me which race you see here?
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/09/world/meast/top-10-terrorists/index.html
Muslims are not the problem or the solutions. Its the Islam scripts/teachings thats the root cause that make/demand normal human todo atrocities/unethics etc..
The funny thing is that I am Muslim, and I am an Engineer and guess what a women and not oppressed 🙂 .. I thought this country was for people of All religions 🙂
yes, for all religions but not for the death cult/political totality/i.e islam. A book/scripts/teachings for stealth jihand (al-ahad>al-darul), just like this UK thought its a religion and see what they are saying to get brits to get out their land(they mean uk as muslim land).
Basically, if few people are playing ringa-ringa-roses they can’t have one with human-b with them. Unless one is TaqiyyaProof, they can’t get this.
so true….
This Post is really great, Thank you for putting together this pictorial representation. I just had a quick question – So, once I-140 is approved, do we need the Dates to be current to go through the Consular Processing? Also, are there any eligibility requirements to go through the Consular Processing? Please advice. Thanks!!!
Thanks for this information! really helpful! My question is… as a H1b holder can I apply for the greed card at any time, or should I have a minimum time working as a H1b?? thank you
You should have atleast 2 years of work experience since we have to submit our past work experience records (experience letters and references) , If you have already 2 years of experience and your employer is ready to file your GC , you are good to go.