Hey Guys,

Can someone please direct me to a site on the web for applying for residency in the US.

Regards,

Michael.

Don't think you can just "apply" without a plan. IE Student VISA, H1B VISA etc. Just come illegally like eveyone else in the world including our POTUS.

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Originally posted by kiwiwildcat:
Hey Guys,

Can someone please direct me to a site on the web for applying for residency in the US.

Regards,

Michael.

Marry an American, preferably one that screws like a mink, cooks cordon bleu, and has a large trust fund. If marrying for such reasons is against your principals, please forward her name and phone number.

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cordon bleu

Forget the rest of that BS if she cooks a proper Cordon Bleu ...

go to mexico and swim across the river

Silly guy it's not "a cordon bleu" as in the veal thingy it's in the style of the cordon bleu cooking school.

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Originally posted by butchloc:
go to mexico and swim across the river

Or go to area of Nogales, Sonora, (sister city divided by a mythical border from Nogales, Arizona) and walk in at night, any night, along with 10,000 others.

Go to Mexico, walk across the river into Texas. By all means, stop by my ranchito and break in and take what you want, all the other illeagals do!

Ok, let me give you a serious answer to a serious question.

Perhaps the easiest way is with a Fiance' visa. This required you to be sponsored by your bride-to-be. You need to have seen her face-to-face in the last 6 month, and the process usually takes 2-3 months. In addition, if you are not married within 6 months, you must leave the country.

Method two. Be sponsored by a family memember. Residents are allowed to sponsor other family members, one up (parents), one down (childeren) and one sideways (brothers and sisters). Through this method, one person is essentially able to bring over their entire clan in time.

Method 3. Worker visa. If you are a PHD or an engineer, baseball player or the likes, a company in need of your skills can sponsor you.

As someone else mentioned student visa's can keep you here for awhile, but they are seldom permanent. They require a follow on plan.

Hope this helps.

Try googling U.S. citizenship and immigration services, you can fillout applications from there.

I suggest you go to the nearest US Consulate as a first step and obtain what they are presently providing as information. There is a difference between legal residency for the purpose of working (the Green Card) and entering the country as an immigrant, which requires an immigrant visa (rather than a work visa or a student visa), followed by 5 years of residency thereby allowing you to apply for citizenship.

Some of the above responses give other avenues, such as marrying an American citizen. I suggest you marry your American first, then apply for the immigrant visa (which automatically provides you with a green card as well).

If you are young, in very good physical condition, have no criminal record, have an IQ above the average AR poster, you may also be able to enlist in a branch of the US Armed forces. This used to be possible, don't know about present rules. Here also the US Consulate may be able to provide some information.