1 Overview: Obtaining a Permit without an Employer Sponsor
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For the bulk of foreign nationals, there are two primary categories of options when seeking a green card: family-based and employment-based. For individuals who do not have an immediate household member who is a U.S. person or Legal Permanent Resident, family-based options are either impossible or included a lots of years-long wait.

Employment-based choices can be further broken down into 2 classifications: employer-sponsored and non-employer-sponsored (also referred to as self-petitions). Employer-sponsored alternatives are the more common of the 2