Permanent Residency Way to get a green card
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There are basically only two ways to get a Green Card:
-through relatives
-through employment including investment
If you do not have any relatives the only way is through employment. There are five categories of employment visa that give a green card:
-Outstanding professional (you need to be a world-famous scientist or something similar)
-Professional
-skilled worker
-special immigrant (this is basically only for former US government employees and ministers)
-investor (here you need $ 500,000 - 1 million which you invest in a business and create new jobs)
For most people only categories 2 and 3 are realistic. Here you need a profession and usually a job offer of an American company. The company has to go through the cumbersome labor certification process. Since there are easier alternatives for hiring a Canadian most companies will probably not do that.
I fear you will have to look for a career in the Canadian army instead.
-through relatives
-through employment including investment
If you do not have any relatives the only way is through employment. There are five categories of employment visa that give a green card:
-Outstanding professional (you need to be a world-famous scientist or something similar)
-Professional
-skilled worker
-special immigrant (this is basically only for former US government employees and ministers)
-investor (here you need $ 500,000 - 1 million which you invest in a business and create new jobs)
For most people only categories 2 and 3 are realistic. Here you need a profession and usually a job offer of an American company. The company has to go through the cumbersome labor certification process. Since there are easier alternatives for hiring a Canadian most companies will probably not do that.
I fear you will have to look for a career in the Canadian army instead.
I guess I'll have to change some of my plans, they won't include the Canadian army though.- Status
