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Immigration Laws
Information about immigration laws, including permanent visas, temporary visas, citizenship, asylum, immigration enforcement and immigration terms.
United States Asylum
Asylum is the status the U.S. grants to aliens who, after coming here, ask the country for refuge from the persecution they have suffered or fear of persecution in the country they left.
Diversity Visa Lottery
The U.S. government receives millions of visa applications each year for a chance at the lottery process used to select individuals who are given the chance to apply for the limited diversity visas for permanent residence each year.
Employment-Based Immigration
Foreign nationals who wish to stay in the U.S. permanently can be sponsored through an employer or on the merit of their own background.
Family-Based Immigration
Citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. may petition the federal government for an immigrant visa for certain family members.
Investor and Company Transfer Visas
International investors and business owners may apply for a visa to live and work in the U.S. on a permanent basis.
Permanent Visa
Foreign nationals who wish to stay in the U.S. on a permanent basis can become lawful permanent residents via a family or employer sponsorship, an investment that creates jobs for Americans, or the Diversity Visa Lottery.
Changing Green Card Immigration Status
An undocumented immigrant, whether the person entered the U.S. illegally or overstayed his or her visa admission, may apply for permanent residency without leaving the U.S. if he or she is the immediate relative of a citizen or applies under a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Visas for Victims of Domestic Violence
The Violence Against Women Act allows victims of domestic violence to become permanent U.S. residents without the sponsorship of their abusive U.S. citizen or permanent-resident family member.
United States Citizenship Requirements
A permanent resident may apply for U.S. citizenship after living in the country continuously for a specific period of time.
Immigration Visa Categories
Information about the categories of U.S. visas.
Immigration Law
Immigration law research materials including links to websites, blogs, associations and agencies, journals, news and research guides.
