Immigration options

Excerpts from Open Borders, the free immigration guide.

Humanitarian

• Asylum
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status ("SIJS”)
• Temporary Protected Status ("TPS")
• The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA).
• U Visa (For Victims of Crime)

Family

• You are separated or divorced from the spouse who petitioned for your green card.
• You are still married to the spouse who petitioned for your green card.

Employment

• E-1 or E-2 Visa (For International Investors and Traders)
• E-3 Visa (For Australian Professional Workers)
• Employment-based options for a green card.
• H-1B Visa (For Professional Workers)
• H-2A Visa (For Temporary or Seasonal Agricultural Workers)
• H-2B Visa (For Temporary or Seasonal Workers)
• L Visa (For International Companies to Transfer Employees)
• R Visa (For Religious Workers)
• TN/TD Visa (For Professional Workers from Mexico or Canada)

Temporary visas

• B-1 or B-2 Visitor Visa (For Business, Tourism, or Medical Treatment)
• F Visa (For Students)
• J-1 Visa (For Exchange Visitor Programs, Physicians, Students, Nannies)
• Q Visa (For International Cultural Exchange Visitors)

Removal defense

• Cancellation of Removal.
• It appears that you are subject to the permanent bar to admission.
• Reinstatement of Removal
• You remain inadmissible because of your removal order.

Citizenship

• You might be a citizen, but you are not sure.
• You would like to naturalize to become a U.S. citizen.

Records and status

• You are not certain what happened during your interaction with immigration authorities.
• You don’t know how you last entered the country.
• You don't know what your status is.
• You need to renew your green card or replace your existing green card.