IMMIGRANT
VISAS (Green Cards)
|
Family-based
green cards |
226,000
(current total quota) |
immediate relatives
|
none |
family first preference
|
23,400 plus any unused 4th preference visas |
family second preference
|
114,200 plus any unused 1st preference visas (and
no less than 77% to 2A) |
family third preference
|
23,400 plus any unused 2nd preference visas |
family fourth preference
|
65,000 plus any unused 3rd preference visas |
Employment-based
green cards |
140,000
(current total quota) |
employment first preference
|
28.6% of the annual total |
employment second preference
|
28.6% of the annual total |
employment third preference
|
28.6% of the annual total |
employment fourth preference
|
7.1% of the annual total |
employment fifth preference (investment)
|
7.1% of the annual total |
Green Card
Lottery |
55,000 (current total quota) |
Amnesty |
none |
Asylum |
none |
Refugees |
90,000 (current quota) |
Temporary
Protected Status (TPS) |
none |
Special
Immigrant Status |
10,000 (no more than 5,000
to non-clergy religious workers) |
Special
Agricultural Worker Status |
none |