Immigrant Visas

Obtaining a "green card"- indicating lawful permanent residency in the U.S.--is often the goal of our clients who plan to enter this country. Seeking a green card requires you to petition for an immigrant visa, or, when you are already in the United States, seek adjustment of status.

If that is your goal, too, then please contact Law Office of Laurence E. Stevens to arrange a consultation.  The consultation will include advice on the lawful steps you must take to keep permanent residency should the United States grant it to you, because permanent does not mean irrevocable.

We can assist you in obtaining permanent residence through the categories (listed below) within two main types of permanent visas:

Employment-based immigrant visas

• Immigrants with extraordinary ability in business, arts or sciences
• Managers and Executives of multi-national businesses
• Outstanding professors or researchers
• Immigrants with advanced degrees and performing work in the national interest
• Immigrants with job offers and a Bachelor degree or higher, or work experience
• Religious workers and ministers whose services are required by their non-profit religious organization
• Immigrant investors with substantial funds invested in the U.S.

PERM process: Before applying for a green card, some employees, and their employers, must have the U.S. Department of Labor certify there is a lack of qualified U.S. workers in your job category.

Family-based immigrant visas

• You are a parent, child or spouse of U.S. citizens
• You are the adult child, married or unmarried, of a U.S. citizen
• You are the spouse or unmarried child of a lawful permanent resident
• You are the brother of sister of a U.S. citizen
• You are being adopted by a U.S. citizen

Diversity Lottery Visa

Each federal fiscal year, the Diversity Lottery Program makes 50,000 new immigrant visas available for individuals from countries that have low rates of emigration to the United States