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Family Petitions

Permanent resident status—popularly known as the “green card”—gives foreigners unlimited access to u.s. territory.

A common route to a green card is via family ties to a u.s. citizen or lpr.

These are the family relations that may qualify a foreigner to get a green card:

Immigrant visa category Family relation
Immediate Relatives
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen.
Children of a U.S. Citizen.
Parents of Adult U.S. Citizen
First Preference
Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. Citizens.
Second Preference—A
Spouse of permanent residents.
Children of permanent residents.
Second Preference—B
Unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents.
Third Preference
Married sons and daughters of U.S. Citizens.
Fourth Preference
Siblings of Adult U.S. Citizens.
Cubans who have been inspected and admitted or paroled to the U.S. and who have resided in the U.S. for one continuous year are eligible to apply for a green card.

An abused spouse or child of a U.S. citizen or LPR may file a petition to qualify for a green card.

To qualify, the abused spouse/child must:

  • be a person of “good moral character,”
  • entered the marriage in good faith
  • resided in the United States with the citizen/permanent resident spouse, and
  • been battered or subjected to “extreme cruelty” by the citizen/permanent resident spouse.

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