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If you want to become an immigrant based on the fact that you have a permanent employment opportunity in the United States, or if you are an employer that wants to sponsor someone for lawful permanent residency based on permanent employment in the United States, you must go through a multi-step process. - First, foreign nationals and employers must determine if the foreign national is eligible for lawful permanent residency under one of USCIS' paths to lawful permanent residency.
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Last Updated August 4, 2008 |
The 1800sThe Statue of Liberty was erected in 1886 as a tribute to the freedom and opportunity that the New World represented. The stirring inscription describes the then-popular view of the United States as a place of refuge and hope. Yet only four years prior, the first immigration restrictions had been passed by Congress. A refuge the New World might be, provided that one was not a former criminal, a pauper, or arriving from China. Nonetheless, over 18 million new Americans arrived by 1910. At that time, an estimated 15% of all Americans were new immigrants. Gradually, new and tougher immigration laws were implemented, many of which had the effect (unintended or not) of effectively limiting immigration to those from Western European nations, particularly the UK. |
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