US Visa & Immigration In Tokyo

✓ Immigration based upon a family relationship.

1. U.S. citizens may petition for their spouses, parents, children and siblings.

2. Permanent residents (“Green Card” holders) may petition for their spouses and children.

✓ EB-1: Foreigners of Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors, Researchers and Multinational Executives and Managers. Individuals falling within one of these categories can petition for permanent residency without doing the time consuming labor certification process.

✓ EB-2: Workers with Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability in Sciences, Arts or Business. These individuals need a job offer, and the potential employer must complete the labor certification process. The job market must be tested and it must be shown that the individual is not taking a job away from a U.S. worker. Labor certification can be waived if the individual can show that his or her entry is in the national interest.

✓ EB-3: Skilled Workers and Professionals. The person needs to have a job offer and the potential employer needs to complete the labor certification process.

✓ EB-4: Special Immigrant Visas for Religious Workers. For individuals who are ministers of religious organizations.

✓ EB-5: Investor/Employment Creation Visas. Each year 10,000 immigrant visas are available for aliens who invest in new U.S. commercial enterprises creating ten jobs. The investment can be $500,000 if made in a business located in "targeted employment areas" (a rural areas or areas experiencing high unemployment of at least 150% of the U.S. national average). Where the business is located in other areas of the U.S., the investment needs to be at least $1,000,000..

✓ Green Card Lottery: Annually 55,000 immigrant visas are randomly given to individuals from nations designated in the U.S. law as being underrepresented. This is done by lottery after foreign individuals submit a simple application.