The truth about legal immigration in the US
Then An immigrant family arrives to the US at Ellis Island Now A hopeful immigrant holds some of the paperwork needed for his spouse visa OK, recently we've decided that part of the reason this blog exists is to bring light to some of the facts, myths, and injustices in the world of US immigration because our lives have been permanently affected by them. So first, we've got to clarify what it takes to immigrate to the US. In the olden days, people could arrive to the US on a ship, full of hopes and willingness to work hard, sign their name to a register, get a medical check-up, and start a life full of promise in the US. It is no longer even remotely this simple. According to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services , there are four ways a person can immigrate to the US: Be one of the rare winners of the US State Department's Diversity Lottery . This only applies to people from certain countries (most of the world's largest ones are excluded)...