AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP & VISAS
Do you really want to be here?  This might sound like a unusual question, but really wanting to
live and be in a new country involves more then just entering the border to get there.  If you really
desire to live in the United States and to receive all rights that go with that, you must also be
willing to take the time and steps involved to legally achieve those goals.  If you are unwilling to
take those steps, one must question if you really had wanted to be there at all.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall
any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws - XIV Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution                                   
HOW MANY VISAS
ARE AVAILABLE?
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needed to be taken to require
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TO BECOME A CITIZEN.....
  • You must have been a LEGAL permanent resident for five years, or three years if you are
    married to a U.S. citizen.
  • You must have lived in the U.S. for 2 1/2 years (50%) of the five year period, or 1 1/2 years
    (50%) if you are married to a legal U.S. citizen.
  • You must have lived for more than three months in the state where you are applying for
    citizenship.
  • You must be 18 years or older.
  • You must be of good moral character.
  • You must pass a basic English (read/write/speak) and U.S. governement/history test.

ADVANTAGES.....
  • You have the right to vote in elections.
  • You have the right to run for public office.
  • You may apply for jobs at the federatl government.
  • You can file to legally bring immediate family to the U.S.
  • You can speed up the process for reuniting family faster.
  • You can help your chiildren.
  • You can receive social security benefits.
  • You can receive the full rights of ALL American citizens.

DISADVANTAGES.....
  • You must take an oath of allegiance to the United States of America and renounce loyalty
    to your native country.
  • Native country property rights may be a jeopardized
  • You may need a work permit to work in your native country.
  • You may lose your right to vote in native country.
  • You may lose your citizenship in native country.

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP IS NOT A RIGHT, IT'S A PRIVILEGE!
Visa Overview

Any citizen of a foreign country,
who wishes to enter the United
States, must first obtain a visa,
either a nonimmigrant visa for
temporary stay, or an immigrant
visa for permanent residence.
The type of visa you must obtain
is defined by that Nations
immigration law, and relates to
the purpose of your travel.

A visa allows a foreign citizen to
travel to the United States
port-of-entry, and request
permission of the U.S.
immigration inspector to enter
the U.S.  A visa does not
guarantee entry into the U.S.
CLASS A - VISA
Diplomatic visas.
CLASS B - VISA
A  citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States.  
  • B-1 - Temporary U.S. entry for business purpose
  • B-2 - Temporary U.S. entry for pleasure or medical treatment.
                    (tourism, amusement, visits with friends or relatives, rest, & medical treatment.

Class E - VISA
Employment based visas.
  • E1:  Priority workers receive 28.6% of yearly worldwide limit.  Persons of extraordinary
    ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics.
  • E2:  Professionals holding advanced degrees, or persons of exceptional ability in arts,
    science, or businesss.  28.6% of yearly worldwide limit.
  • E3: The E-3 is a new visa for Australian nationals to work in specialty occupations in the
    U.S. It has many advantages over the other types of working visas, including the ability for
    spouses of E-3 recipients to apply for work authorization.
  • E4: Special immigrants receive 7.1% of yearly worldwide limit.  
  • E5:  Employment Creation Investors receive 7.1 % of yearly worldwide limit.  

Chili Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional

Mexican & Canadian (NAFTA) Workers

Religious Workers

Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional

Treaty Traders and Treaty Investors

Class F - Visa
Academic Students

Class G - Visa
International Organizations & NATO

Class H - Visa
Temporary Workers

Class I - Visa
Foreign Media, Press and Radio

Class J - Visa
Exchange Visitors/ Foreign Residency Requirement

Class K - Visa
Fiance (Spouse) of an American Citizen.

Class L - Visa
Intracompany Transferee (Temporary Workers)

Class M - Visa
Nonacademic Student

Class O - Visa
Extraordinary Ability (Temporary Workers

Class P - Visa
Entertainers (Temporary workers)

Class Q - Visa
International Cultural Exchange (Temporary Worker)

Iraqi "M" and "N" series Passports

Iraqi "S" series Passports

Green Cards

A-Z Index
Everything to be known about entering this country legally.
Temporary Workers

H-1B : classification applies to
persons in specialty occupation
which requires the theoretical and
practical application of a body of
highly specialized knowledge
requiring completion of a specific
course of higher education.

H-2A:  classification applies to
temporary or seasonal agricultural
workers.

H-2B: classification applies to
temporary or seasonal
nonagricultural workers.

H-3:  classification applies to
trainees other than medical or
acedemic.  This classification
applies to practical training in
education of handicapped children.

L : classification applies to
intracompany transferees who,
within the three preceding years,
have been applied aboard
continually for one year, or who will
employed by a branch, parent,
affiliate or subsidiary of the same
employer in the U.S. in a
managerial, executive, or
specialized knowledge capacity.

O-1: classification applies to
persons who have extraordinary
ability in the sciences, arts,
education, business, or athletics, or
extraordinary achievements in the
motion picture and television field.

O-2 classification applies to
persons accompanying an O-1
alien to assist in an artistic or
athletic performance for a specific
event or performance;

P-1 classification applies to
individual or team athletes, or
members of an entertainment
group that are internationally
recognized.

P-2 classification applies to artists
or entertainers who will perform
under a reciprocal exchange
program.

P-3 classification applies to artists
or entertainers who perform under
a program that is culturally unique
(same as P-1).

Q-1 classification applies to
participants in an international
cultural exchange program for the
purpose of providing practical
training, employment, and the
sharing of the history, culture, and
traditions of the alien's home
country.
Our Nations Laws
About Illegal Aliens
WHO CAN HELP
YOU?
If you are legally in the
United States of America
your local Congressional
Office is designed to
help constituents deal
with Federal agencies
and to provide
assistance.  Find your
local Congressional
Offices
HERE
Choosing to work
in American
without proper
legal papers?
Anyone who chooses to
work in the U.S.A. with
out proper legal
paperwork, or using
forged paperwork,
including day labor jobs
which pay cash, should
be well aware that they
can and will be subject
to ICE raids at their
place and location of
employment.  

This is to protect the
American citizen workers
and legal immigrant
workers in the U.S.A.

This is not
discrimination, but rather
a protecting of the United
States economy and
job's for the legal
citizens of the Nation.
Without such protection,
the United States would
suffer greatly as a Nation.