Options for Status, Visas, Permits & Papers

This section covers the various status options that an immigrant to the US might have, to enter or to remain in the US. This can include visas, green cards, permits, papers, and other types of legal status.

Green Cards

Learn how to get a Permanent Resident (Green) Card, whether inside or outside the U.S.

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Visa Processing

Learn about family-based, fiancée, and work visas and how to apply for each. Discover the Diversity Visa Lottery.

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Travel Papers

Read about documents that allow you to re-enter the U.S. legally after traveling outside the U.S., such as advance parole documents, refugee travel documents, reentry permits, temporary protected status travel documents, and carrier documentation.

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Citizenship

How to become a U.S. citizen, prove your citizenship, get dual citizenship, and lose your citizenship.

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