Why won't the consular section give me information about my relative's case?

U.S. law mandates that information regarding any immigrant visa application be released only to the applicant, petitioner, attorney of record, and/or relevant Congressional office.

May my representative in congress or my senator send an inquiry about my case for me?

A: Every American citizen may write to Congress about any matter of concern. We reply to all congressional inquiries. Queries you send yourself will receive the same answers we send to members of Congress. As a matter of policy, we ask petitioners to limit inquiries to one channel of communication. If you choose to inquire through Congress, please do not send duplicate inquiries directly to the Embassy. Requesting that your Congressperson or Senator inquire in your behalf will not speed up the processing of your case in any way.

Permanent Workers
Approximately 140,000 immigrant visas are available each fiscal year for aliens (and their spouses and children) who seek to immigrate based on their job skills. If you have the right combination of skills, education, and/or work experience and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to live permanently in the United States. The five employment-based immigrant visa preferences (categories) are listed below.

Labor Certification
Some immigrant visa preferences require you to already have a job offer from a U.S. employer. This employer will be considered your sponsor. For some visa categories, before the U.S. employer can submit an immigration petition to USCIS, the employer must obtain an approved labor certification from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL labor certification verifies the following:

There are insufficient available, qualified, and willing U.S. workers to fill the position being offered at the prevailing wage
Hiring a foreign worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers
For more information see the “Labor Certification” page.

US Federal Tax Information
Aliens employed in the U.S. may have a U.S. Tax obligation.

Taxation of Resident Aliens


Permanent Worker Visa Preference Categories
Preferences

General Description

Labor Certification Required?

First Preference EB-1

This preference is reserved for persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers.

No

Second Preference EB-2

This preference is reserved for persons who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or for persons with exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business.

Yes, unless applicant can obtain a national interest waiver (See the “Labor Certification” page for more waiver information.)

Third Preference EB-3

This preference is reserved for professionals, skilled workers, and other workers. (See Third Preference EB-3 page for further definition of these job classifications.)

Yes

Fourth Preference EB-4

This preference is reserved for “special immigrants,” which includes certain religious workers, employees of U.S. foreign service posts, retired employees of international organizations, alien minors who are wards of courts in the United States, and other classes of aliens.

No

Fifth Preference EB-5

This preference is reserved for business investors who invest $1 million or $500,000 (if the investment is made in a targeted employment area) in a new commercial enterprise that employs at least 10 full-time U.S. workers.

No

Employment-Based Immigration: Third Preference EB-3
Employment-Based Immigration: Third Preference EB-3
You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker.

“Skilled workers” are persons whose job requires a minimum of 2 years training or work experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature
“Professionals” are persons whose job requires at least a U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent and are a member of the professions
The “other workers” subcategory is for persons performing unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
Eligibility Criteria
Sub-categories

Evidence

Certification

Skilled Workers

You must be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training
You must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States
Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.

Professionals

You must be able to demonstrate that you possess a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent, and that a baccalaureate degree is the normal requirement for entry into the occupation
You must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States
Education and experience may not be substituted for a baccalaureate degree
Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.

Unskilled Workers (Other Workers)

You must be capable, at the time the petition is filed on your behalf, of performing unskilled labor (requiring less than 2 years training or experience), that is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.



Note: While eligibility requirements for the third preference classification are less stringent, you should be aware that a long backlog exists for visas in the "other workers" category. See the “Department of State: Visa Bulletin” page.

U.S. Department of Labor – Labor Certification

Third preference petitions must generally be accompanied by an approved, individual labor certification from the Department of Labor on Form ETA-9089. In some cases, the petition may be submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) with an uncertified ETA-9089 for consideration as Schedule A, Group I. For more information, see the “Department of Labor: Foreign Labor Certification” page.

Application Process

Your employer (petitioner) must file a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer must be able to demonstrate an ability to pay the offered wage as of your visa priority date. Your employer may use an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate an ability to pay your wage.

For more information on filing fees, see the “File My Application Online” link to the right.

Family of EB-3 Visa Holders

Your spouse may be admitted to the United States in E34 (spouse of a “skilled worker” or “professional”) or EW4 (spouse of an “other worker”). During the process where you and your spouse are applying for permanent resident status (status as a green card holder), your spouse is eligible to file for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). Your minor children (under the age of 21) may be admitted as E35 (child of a “skilled worker” or “professional”) or EW5 (child of an “other worker”).

Employment-Based Immigration: Fourth Preference EB-4
OMB Control No. 1615-0064; Expiration Date 12/31/2014

Employment-Based Immigration: Fourth Preference EB-4
You may be eligible for an employment-based, fourth preference visa if you are a special immigrant. The following special immigrants are eligible for the fourth preference visa:

Religious Workers
Broadcasters
Iraqi/Afghan Translators
Iraqis Who Have Assisted the United States
International Organization Employees
Physicians
Armed Forces Members
Panama Canal Zone Employees
Retired NATO-6 employees
Spouses and Children of Deceased NATO-6 employees
Petitioning for an Employment-Based Fourth Preference Immigrant
To petition for an employment-based fourth preference immigrant, your employer must file a Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant. However, there are certain situations where you, the employee, may self-petition on your own behalf. Please review the form instructions to see if you are eligible to self petition and what required supporting evidence needs to be included.

Family of EB-4 Visa Holders
Your spouse may also be admitted to the United States. Your children, unmarried under the age of 21, may be admitted to the United States. For more information please the appropriate “Green Card” link to the right.

Broadcasters
Under section 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), or a grantee of the BBG, may petition for an alien (and the alien’s accompanying spouse and children) to work as a broadcaster for the BBG or a grantee of the BBG in the United States. For the purposes of this section, the terms:

BBG grantee means Radio Free Asia, Inc (RFA) or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. (RFE/RL)
Broadcaster means a reporter, writer, translator, editor, producer or announcer for news broadcasts; hosts for news broadcasts, news analysis, editorial and other broadcast features; or a news analysis specialist. The term broadcaster does not include individuals performing purely technical or support services for the BBG or a BBG grantee.
All Form I-360 petitions submitted by the BBG or a BBG grantee on behalf of an alien for a broadcaster position with the BBG or BBG grantee must be accompanied by a signed and dated supplemental attestation that contains the following information about the prospective alien broadcaster:

(i) The job title and a full description of the job to be performed; and

(ii) The broadcasting expertise held by the alien, including how long the alien has been performing duties that relate to the prospective position or a statement as to how the alien possesses the necessary skills that make him or her qualified for the broadcasting-related position within the BBG or BBG grantee.

Follow the instructions on Form I-360 on where to file your petition.

Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1
Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1
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. Each occupational category has certain requirements that must be met:

Eligibility Criteria
Categories

Description

Evidence

Extraordinary Ability

You must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim. Your achievements must be recognized in your field through extensive documentation. No offer of employment is required.

You must meet 3 of 10 criteria* below, or provide evidence of a one-time achievement (i.e., Pulitzer, Oscar, Olympic Medal)



Outstanding professors and researchers

You must demonstrate international recognition for your outstanding achievements in a particular academic field. You must have at least 3 years experience in teaching or research in that academic area. You must be entering the United States in order to pursue tenure or tenure track teaching or comparable research position at a university or other institution of higher education.

You must include documentation of at least two listed below** and an offer of employment from the prospective U.S. employer.

Multinational manager or executive

You must have been employed outside the United States in the 3 years preceding the petition for at least 1 year by a firm or corporation and you must be seeking to enter the United States to continue service to that firm or organization. Your employment must have been outside the United States in a managerial or executive capacity and with the same employer, an affiliate, or a subsidiary of the employer.

Your petitioning employer must be a U.S. employer. Your employer must have been doing business for at least 1 year, as an affiliate, a subsidiary, or as the same corporation or other legal entity that employed you abroad.





* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability
You must meet 3 out of the 10 listed criteria below to prove extraordinary ability in your field:

Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence
Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand outstanding achievement of their members
Evidence of published material about you in professional or major trade publications or other major media
Evidence that you have been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or on a panel
Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in professional or major trade publications or other major media
Evidence that your work has been displayed at artistic exhibitions or showcases
Evidence of your performance of a leading or critical role in distinguished organizations
Evidence that you command a high salary or other significantly high remuneration in relation to others in the field
Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts
** Examples of Documentary Evidence That A Person is an Outstanding Professor Or Researcher

Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement
Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement
Evidence of published material in professional publications written by others about the alien's work in the academic field
Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field
Evidence of original scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field
Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international circulation) in the field
Application Process
Extraordinary Ability: You may petition for yourself by filing a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your employer must file a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your employer must file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

About the EB-5 Visa
Visa Description
USCIS administers the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as “EB-5,” created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a pilot immigration program first enacted in 1992 and regularly reauthorized since, certain EB-5 visas also are set aside for investors in Regional Centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.

The EB-5 Adjudications Policy Memorandum is the guiding document for USCIS administration of the EB-5 program. It builds upon prior policy guidance for adjudicating EB-5 and is applicable to, and binding on, all USCIS employees.

All EB-5 investors must invest in a new commercial enterprise, which is a commercial enterprise:

Established after Nov. 29, 1990, or
Established on or before Nov. 29, 1990, that is:
1. Purchased and the existing business is restructured or reorganized in such a way that a new commercial enterprise results, or
2. Expanded through the investment so that a 40-percent increase in the net worth or number of employees occurs
Commercial enterprise means any for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of lawful business including, but not limited to:

A sole proprietorship
Partnership (whether limited or general)
Holding company
Joint venture
Corporation
Business trust or other entity, which may be publicly or privately owned
This definition includes a commercial enterprise consisting of a holding company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, provided that each such subsidiary is engaged in a for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of a lawful business.

Note: This definition does not include noncommercial activity such as owning and operating a personal residence.

Job Creation Requirements
Create or preserve at least 10 full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers within two years (or under certain circumstances, within a reasonable time after the two-year period) of the immigrant investor’s admission to the United States as a Conditional Permanent Resident.
Create or preserve either direct or indirect jobs:
Direct jobs are actual identifiable jobs for qualified employees located within the commercial enterprise into which the EB-5 investor has directly invested his or her capital.
Indirect jobs are those jobs shown to have been created collaterally or as a result of capital invested in a commercial enterprise affiliated with a regional center by an EB-5 investor. A foreign investor may only use the indirect job calculation if affiliated with a regional center.
Note: Investors may only be credited with preserving jobs in a troubled business.

A troubled business is an enterprise that has been in existence for at least two years and has incurred a net loss during the 12- or 24-month period prior to the priority date on the immigrant investor’s Form I-526. The loss for this period must be at least 20 percent of the troubled business’ net worth prior to the loss. For purposes of determining whether the troubled business has been in existence for two years, successors in interest to the troubled business will be deemed to have been in existence for the same period of time as the business they succeeded.

A qualified employee is a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or other immigrant authorized to work in the United States. The individual may be a conditional resident, an asylee, a refugee, or a person residing in the United States under suspension of deportation. This definition does not include the immigrant investor; his or her spouse, sons, or daughters; or any foreign national in any nonimmigrant status (such as an H-1B visa holder) or who is not authorized to work in the United States.

Full-time employment means employment of a qualifying employee by the new commercial enterprise in a position that requires a minimum of 35 working hours per week. In the case of the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, "full-time employment" also means employment of a qualifying employee in a position that has been created indirectly from investments associated with the Pilot Program.

A job-sharing arrangement whereby two or more qualifying employees share a full-time position will count as full-time employment provided the hourly requirement per week is met. This definition does not include combinations of part-time positions or full-time equivalents even if, when combined, the positions meet the hourly requirement per week. The position must be permanent, full-time and constant. The two qualified employees sharing the job must be permanent and share the associated benefits normally related to any permanent, full-time position, including payment of both workman’s compensation and unemployment premiums for the position by the employer.

Capital Investment Requirements
Capital means cash, equipment, inventory, other tangible property, cash equivalents and indebtedness secured by assets owned by the alien entrepreneur, provided that the alien entrepreneur is personally and primarily liable and that the assets of the new commercial enterprise upon which the petition is based are not used to secure any of the indebtedness. All capital shall be valued at fair-market value in United States dollars. Assets acquired, directly or indirectly, by unlawful means (such as criminal activities) shall not be considered capital for the purposes of section 203(b)(5) of the Act.

Note: Investment capital cannot be borrowed.

Required minimum investments are:

General. The minimum qualifying investment in the United States is $1 million.
Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area). The minimum qualifying investment either within a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States is $500,000.
A targeted employment area is an area that, at the time of investment, is a rural area or an area experiencing unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average rate.

A rural area is any area outside a metropolitan statistical area (as designated by the Office of Management and Budget) or outside the boundary of any city or town having a population of 20,000 or more according to the decennial census.

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لینک زیر مال پروژهای eb5یا همان ویزا سرمایگذاری هست که ابطال شده و بسیار مهم هست

Terminated Regional Centers
USCIS may terminate a regional center’s participation in the Immigrant Investor Program when the regional center fails to:

Submit Form I-924A on an annual basis, on a cumulative basis and/or as otherwise requested by USCIS to demonstrate continued eligibility; or
Promote economic growth as required.
Investors may not use an investment within a terminated regional center as a basis to establish eligibility for immigrant status under the Immigrant Investor Program.

Below is a list of EB-5 regional centers whose participation in the Immigrant Investor Program has been terminated. These regional centers no longer appear on the list of approved regional centers.

USCIS has terminated 37 regional centers as of Oct. 22 , 2015.

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Regional Center Name Termination Date State(s)
List of EB-5 Terminated Regional Centers
American Life Ventures Everett, LLC 3/9/2015 Washington
Ariel International Regional Center 3/27/2015 Texas
Buffalo Regional Center 2/23/2015 New York
Coastal Carolina Regional Center 5/15/2015 South Carolina
EB-5, MRC LLC 6/9/2015 Michigan
Ecorntech Regional Center 8/15/2014 Wisconsin
El Monte Regional Center 9/19/2011 California
Front Burner Restaurants Regional Center - Southern California 5/14/2015 California
Gateway Georgia Regional Center 9/29/2014 Georgia
Hollywood Beach Regional Center 10/8/2014 Florida
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An asterisk (*) next to a regional center’s name means that the regional center is currently appealing the decision to the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office.

A regional center that has been terminated from the EB-5 program may not solicit, generate or promote investors or investments for any other EB-5-related projects, or otherwise participate in the Immigrant Investor Program.

Note: This page is provided for informational purposes only. USCIS plans to update this page periodically but makes no claims that the published list of terminated regional centers is complete, timely or accurate. Any use or reliance on the information provided is strictly at your own risk. Please see USCIS Website Policies for further information.

This page does not represent a legal notice or investment advice of any kind. Potential investors should always do their own research and consult with a financial professional before making any investment decision. USCIS has issued a joint advisory with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Investor Alert: Investment Scams Exploit Immigrant Investor Program. The SEC offers free investor education materials. For more information, visit Investor.gov.

To request that information on this page be updated, a regional center’s official point of contact may write to USCIS.ImmigrantInvestorProgram@dhs.uscis.gov or:

USCIS Headquarters, Immigrant Investor Program
131 M Street NE, Mailstop 2235
Washington, DC 20529

Regional Center Name Termination Date State(s)
List of EB-5 Terminated Regional Centers
Intercontinental Regional Center Trust of Chicago 11/20/2013 Illinois
Invest US Regional Center 9/29/2014 Wyoming
Kansas BioFuel Regional Center LLC 8/15/2014 Kansas
Lake Buena Vista RC 7/23/2012 Florida
LaSalle County Business Development Center LLC 5/4/2015 Illinois
Louisiana Mississippi Regional Center 5/13/2015 Louisiana
Mamtek Regional Center 4/11/2012 Missouri
Michigan Renaissance Regional Center 8/15/2014 Michigan
Midwest EB-5 Regional Center, LLC 2/13/2015 Kentucky
Nevada California Regional Center 4/21/2015 Nevada
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Regional Center Name Termination Date State(s)
List of EB-5 Terminated Regional Centers
New Jersey Liberty Regional Center 5/15/2015 New Jersey
New Jersey Regional Center, LLC 3/9/2015 New Jersey
Next Bay Properties, LLC 10/1/2015 California
North Carolina Center for Foreign Investments, LLC 12/3/2013 North Carolina
Palm Coast Florida Regional Center 3/18/2015 Florida
Silicon Valley Venture Investment Regional Center 2/25/2015 California
South Florida EB-5 Regional Center 8/15/2014 Florida
South West Bio Fuel RC LLC 9/29/2014 Texas
Spring Hill Homes LP Regional Center

10/22/2015 Texas

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Regional Center Name Termination Date State(s)
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Tennessee Regional Center, LLC 5/7/2015 Tennessee
Tucker Development Corporation Regional Center 2/23/2015 Michigan
Unibex Global Corporation 5/30/2008 Texas
US HITEC Regional Center 5/4/2015 Illinois
USA Lifestyles Regional Center 10/13/2015 Maine
USA Now Regional Center 3/28/2014 Texas
Victorville RC 10/20/2010 California

بخشی از لیست بالا توسط دلالان تلویزیونی به هموطنان فروخته میشه

سلام
مدارک مورد نیاز برای ویزای امریکا
1.ترجمه کامل مدارک شخصی شامل شناسنامه کارت ملی عقد نامه کارت پایان خدمت یا معافی (در صورت متاهل بودند کل اعضا خانواده)
2. ترجمه اسناد ملکی
3. صورتحساب بانکی معادل 30 هزار دلار آمریکا برای یک نفر و 10 آزار دلار اضافه هر یک نفر اضافه
4.ترجمه صفحه اول دفترچه یا کارت بیمه
5. گواهی اشتغال به کار یا دارا بودن پروانه کسب ترجمه شده به انگلیسی
6.رو هتل هواپیما ... برای یکمآه گردشگری (توسط ما )
7.دعوتنامه توریستی (توسط ما)
8.دارا بودن حداقل دو سفر به کشورهای حوزه شینگن و دو سفر غیر شینگن طی یکسال گذشته الزامی است
9.هزینه پک کامل شامل مشاوره حقوقی وقت سفارت و تنظیم فرمها ی مربوطه 5 هزار دلار برا یک نفر و برای هریک نفر از عضا خانواده 500 دلار به ازای هر نفر اضافه پرداخت .

لیست بهترین مشاغلی که ظرف ۱۰سال آینده از موقعیت خوبی برای کار برخوردار خواهند بود:
- متخصص برق: با درآمد سالیانه: $51,110
- معلم دوره ابتدایی: $54,120
- حسابدار: $65,940
- پرستار: $66,000 -$95,000
- سونگراف: $66,560
- گفتار درمانگر:$70,512
- تحلیلگر سیستم های کامپیوتری: $80,059
- $92,08App Developer
- تحلیل گر امنیت اطلاعات: $88,587
- فیزیو تراپ:$ 80,433
- وکیل: $114,970
- متخصصین نرم افزار:$102,880
- مشاور مالی شخصی: $81,060
- مدیر مالی: $115,320
- پزشکان و جراحان: $150,000 – $200,000

فرمها ی مربوط به درخواست پاسپورت برا کودکان متولد خارج آمریکا که یکی از والدین دارای پاسپورت آمریکایی هست