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If you have been granted asylee status, you are eligible to apply for a Green Card (Permanent Resident Card) one year after receiving your grant of asylum.

If you were admitted to the United States as a refugee, you must apply for a Green Card (officially known as a Permanent Resident Card) in the United States after one year of being in the United States as a refugee.

Naturalization is the process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States. If you meet certain requirements, you may become a U.S. citizen either at birth or after birth.

If you are in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant employment visa, and need to change to another nonimmigrant employment visa, your employer must file a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (Form I-129) with any required supporting documentation on your behalf.

To change your status while in the United States, you (or in some cases, your employer) must file a request with USCIS on the appropriate form before your authorized period of stay expires.

Congress has enacted laws that determine how U.S. citizen parents convey citizenship to children born outside of the United States. Generally, you may obtain citizenship through your U.S. citizen parents when you are born, or after your birth but before you turn 18.

The E visa category includes treaty traders and investors who come to the United States under a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the country of which they are a citizen or national. This category also includes Australian specialty occupation workers.

You may be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you have an extraordinary ability, are an outstanding professor or researcher, or are a multinational executive or manager.