In order to apply for a Green Card, you MUST be eligible under one of the categories listed below:

Family Based
You may be eligible to apply as:

• Immediate relative of a U.S. Citizen (Spouse, unmarried Child under 21 years old or Parent);
• Other relative of a U.S. Citizen or of a Lawful Permanent Resident (unmarried Son or Daughter 21 years or older, married Son or Daughter, Brother or Sister);
• Other relative of a Lawful Permanent Resident (Spouse, unmarried Child under 21 years old, unmarried Son or Daughter 21 years or older);
• Fiancé(e) of a U.S. Citizen or the Fiancé(e)’s Child(ren);
• Widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen;
• VAWA Self-Petitioner – you are a Victim of battery or extreme cruelty (such as an abused Spouse, Child or Parent of a U.S. Citizen OR abused Spouse or Child of a Lawful Permanent Resident).

Employment Based
You may be eligible to apply as:

• First Preference Immigrant Worker (you have an extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics; OR you are an outstanding professor or researcher; OR a multinational manager or executive who meets certain criteria);
• Second Preference Immigrant Worker (you are a member of a profession that requires an advanced degree, exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business, or are seeking a national interest waiver);
• Third Preference Immigrant Worker (you are a skilled worker, a professional, or an unskilled worker performing unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years training or experience);
• Physician National Interest Waiver (you are a physician who agrees to work full-time in clinical practice in a designated underserved area for a set period of time);
• Immigrant Investor (you are an investor or are actively in the process of investing at least $1 million (or $500,000 in a targeted employment area) in a new commercial enterprise in the U.S.).

Special Immigrant
You may be eligible to apply as:

• Religious Worker (member of a religious denomination coming to the U.S. to work for a nonprofit religious organization);
• Special Immigrant Juvenile (a Child who has been abused, abandoned, or neglected by his/her Parent(s) and was granted SIJ status);
• Afghanistan or Iraq National (who served as a translator for the U.S. government; were employed by or for the U.S. government in Iraq on or after March 20, 2003, for at least one year; or were an Afghan employed by the International Security Assistance Force);
• International broadcaster (coming to work in the U.S. as a member of the media);
• Employee and family members of an international organization or a NATO-6 employee and family members (employees of certain international organizations, such as: Embassies, Consulates, NATO, International Satellite Telecommunications Organization (INTELSTAT) and more).

Refugee or Asylee
You may be eligible to apply as:

• Asylee (granted asylum status at least 1 year ago);
• Refugee (admitted as a refugee at least 1 year ago).

Human Trafficking and Victims of Crimes
You may be eligible to apply as:

• Human Trafficking Victim (you currently have a T nonimmigrant visa);
• Victim of a Crime (you currently have a U nonimmigrant visa).

Victims of Abuse
You may be eligible to apply as:

• VAWA Self-Petitioner – you are a Victim of battery or extreme cruelty (such as an abused Spouse, Child or Parent of a U.S. Citizen OR abused Spouse or Child of a Lawful Permanent Resident);
• Special Immigrant Juvenile (a Child who has been abused, abandoned, or neglected by his/her Parent(s) and was granted SIJ status);
• The abused Spouse or Child of a Cuban native or citizen;
• The abused Spouse or Child of a Lawful Permanent Resident who received his/her Green Card based on the Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA).

Registry
You may be eligible to apply for:

• Registry if you have resided continuously in the U.S. since before Jan. 1, 1972.

Other Categories
You may be eligible to apply under:

• Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF);
• Diversity Immigrant Visa Program or Visa Lottery;
• Cuban Adjustment;
• Abused Spouse or Child under the Cuban Adjustment Act;
• Dependent status under the HRIFA (Spouse or Child of a Lawful Permanent Resident who received his or her Green Card based on the Haitian Refugee  Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA).
• Abused Spouse or Child under HRIFA;
• Lautenberg Parolee;
• Indochinese Parole Adjustment Act of 2000;
• American Indian born in Canada;
• Person born in the United States to a foreign diplomat;
• Section 13 (diplomat).