The relative angle is interesting. My parents got in via my brother, yet for me to come in as a sibling was bloody impossible :)

I entered up being sponsored by my wife ;)

Dion

Indentured Servant, the requirements boil down to this: you need to be sponsored, either by a U.S. corporation or citizen. Citizens can normally only sponsor their relatives. Corporations can only sponsor their employees (and they must be able to prove they cannot find U.S. citizens or existing green card holders who could do the job).

That’s obviously not the complete story. It’s too complicated to fit in a weblog comment. There are lots of web sites you can look at for more information. Use a search engine, but beware of unscrupulous people trying to sell you stuff. Cross check with http://uscis.gov/ (not an easy site to use, but it should be authoritative).

Can you summarize in a few sentences what are the requirements for green card sponsorship? I am currently in the U.S. under the H1B “work” visa. It’s very frustrating to:
- not be able to do freelance work
- not be able to start my own business
- be afraid of having the visa expire after all this hard work