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A lawful permanent resident is a foreign national who has been granted the privilege of permanently living and working in the United States. If you want to become a lawful permanent resident based on the fact that you have a relative who is a citizen of the United States, or a relative who is a lawful permanent resident, you must go through a multi-step process.

1. The USCIS must approve an immigrant visa petition, I-130 Petition for Alien Relative, for you. This petition is filed by your relative (sponsor) and must be accompanied by proof of your relationship to the requesting relative.
2. The Deparment of State must determine if an immigrant visa number is immediately available to you, the foreign national, even if you are already in the United States. When an immigrant visa number is available, it means you can apply to have one of the immigrant visa numbers assigned to you. You can check the status of a visa number in the Department of State’s Visa Bulletin.
3. If you are already in the United States, you may apply to change your status to that of a lawful permanent resident after a visa number becomes available to you. This is one way you can apply to secure an immigrant visa number. If you are outside the United States when an immigrant visa number becomes available, you must then go to the U.S. consulate servicing the area in which you reside to complete your processing. This is the other way to secure an immigrant visa number.

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Naturalization is a way to become a United States citizen that requires an affirmative application and satisfaction of statutory eligibility requirements. The law provides special derivative status to those persons who have been naturalized. There are certain general requirements for naturalization. The applicant:

1. must be a lawful permanent resident
2. must be 18 years of age at time of filing of naturalization application
3. must believe in the principles of the United States Constitution and have favorable disposition to the Good Order and Happiness of the United States.
4. must have good moral character
5. must be knowledgeable about the history and government of the United States
6. must be read and speak English

Our law firm takes the naturalization process very seriously. Becoming a United States citizen is a privilege and NOT A RIGHT. You must prove yourself worthy of this privilege. If you truly, in your heart, wish to become a United States citizen we will be honored to help you.

What you do after you become a United States citizen is up to you, MAKE THE MOST OF IT!

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Naturalization is a way to become a United States citizen that requires an affirmative application and satisfaction of statutory eligibility requirements. The law provides special derivative status to those persons who have been naturalized. There are certain general requirements for naturalization. The applicant:

1. must be a lawful permanent resident
2. must be 18 years of age at time of filing of naturalization application
3. must believe in the principles of the United States Constitution and have favorable disposition to the Good Order and Happiness of the United States.
4. must have good moral character
5. must be knowledgeable about the history and government of the United States
6. must be read and speak English

Our law firm takes the naturalization process very seriously. Becoming a United States citizen is a privilege and NOT A RIGHT. You must prove yourself worthy of this privilege. If you truly, in your heart, wish to become a United States citizen we will be honored to help you.

What you do after you become a United States citizen is up to you, MAKE THE MOST OF IT!

Those immigrants wishing to immigrate to the United States based upon there work ability or investment potential should seek to come to the United States by way of business immigration.

Employment-based and investor immigration follows a preference system similar to family-based immigration.

a. First Preference: Priority Workers

b. Second Preference: Professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability in business, science, or the arts.

c. Third Preference: Skilled workers, professionals, and other workers.

d. Fourth Preference: Special Immigrants such as Religious workers, employees and former employees of the U.S. government abroad and special juveniles.

e. Fifth Preference: Investors

Labor certification is often a prerequisite for obtaining employment-based permanent residence. Labor certification is the determination by the Department of Labor that there are no U.S. workers able, willing, qualified, and available for the position for which a labor certification is being sought.

The labor certification process is complicated and requires due care and diligence. Any foreign national who seeks to enter the United States to perform skilled or unskilled labor is not admissible unless the Secretary of Labor certifies to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General that there are not sufficient U.S. workers available for the proposed employment, AND the contemplated employment will not have an adverse effect on the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers.

We will help you with every aspect of business immigration to the United States, the home of capitalism.