本意以此书熟悉绿卡流程，然而此书不写employment based Green Card, 而是针对亲戚/结婚/难民等(或许更广大的受众)作为读者对象. 快速阅读总结:
- Amnesty 1986
- 雇佣非法劳工雇主罚款
- USCIS vs. ICE vs. CBP
- USCIS : decide on application
- ICE: within border immigration law enforcement
- CBP: border control
- Green Card: aka I-551
- Approaches to get green card:
- Family based – 直系亲属
- Employment based – 此书不讲
- Special Immigrants – EB4 (special jobs)
- EB-5 investor 1.8M / 0.9M (经济差区)
- 雇十个美国人
- Asylum / Refugee
- Diversity Lottery
- Amnesty most recently 1980s
- Private bill by congress
- Tragic Case for example
- Alternative to Green Card
- Immigrant Visa / Non-immigrant visa
- DACA: 小时候来美国的非法移民
- VWP: visa waiver proposal
- 美国九十天无签证的40国家
- Stay Legal
- Apply Extension
- 虽然不一定准许，但准许之前是允许待得
- Inadmissibility
- 美国政府不欢迎
- some have waivers – conditional / discretionary from USCIS
- 等绿卡
- 每国每年 25.6K 人
- Priority Date
- Oct/1 新财年
- 若此之前一国一年quota发完，则今年用光
- 确保USCIS有新的地址并signup邮件/手机通知
- Adjustment of Status
- 绿卡面试 – uscis office
- alternative : consular processing
- 等面试 – 几个月到一年
- Prefer AOS than consular processing (风险小)
- Chap 23 绿卡防守
- Make sure AR-11 change of address is filed