CATEGORIES OF MIGRANTS RECOGNIZED UNDER U.S. LAW

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CATEGORIES OF MIGRANTS RECOGNIZED UNDER U.S. LAW
Immigrants (Lawful Permanent Residents)
Illegal Aliens
Temporary Entrants (Nonimmigrants)
Family-Based Immigrants
Entered without Inspection
Visa Overstay
Employment-Based Immigrants
cap = 140,000
Visa Lottery Winners
cap = 50,000
Humanitarian Immigrants
& Amnestied Aliens
Tourists & Short-Term Business Visitors unlimited
Temporary Guest Workers
Other Nonimmigrants unlimited
Immediate Relatives
parents, spouses, minor children of U.S. citizens
unlimited; 2003=333,403
Family Preference Immigrants
floor = 226,000
Priority Workers
cap = 40,040
4th Preference
Special Immigrants
cap = 9,940
3rd Preference
cap = 40,040
5th Preference
Investors
cap = 9,940
2nd Preference
cap = 40,040
Refugee Adjustments
unlimited
Asylee Adjustments
cap = 10,000
Other Humanitarian
unlimited
Skilled Workers
Treaty Traders, Treaty Investors
authorized by international free trade agreements
Unskilled Workers
L-1 Intracompany Transferees
managers/specialized workers in multinat’l corps
unlimited
Other Workers
Athletes & Entertainers unlimited
Family 1st – unmarried adult children of citizens
cap = 23,400
Family 2A –
spouses, minor children of LPRs
floor/cap = 87,934/114,000
Family 2B –
unmarried adult children of LPRs
cap = 26,266
Family 3rd – married adult children of citizens
cap = 23,400
Family 4th –
adult siblings of citizens
cap = 65,000
Aliens w/ Extraordinary Ability
Outstanding Professors & Researchers
Multinational Executives & Managers
Professionals w/ Adv. Degrees
Aliens of Exceptional Ability
Skilled Workers
Professionals
Unskilled Workers
cap = 10,000
Amnesty
NACARA, HRIFA, IRCA
unlimited
Cancellation of Removal
cap = 4,000
Other
unlimited
Parolee Adjustments
unlimited
Amerasians
unlimited
H-1B Workers
specialty occupations and fashion models
cap = 85,000; exceptions to cap = unlimited
H-1C Nurses coming to work in designated health-care shortage areas
cap = 500
Ambassadors, Diplomats, United Nations Officials
And other employees of foreign govern-ments and international organizations, and servants and attendants of such employees
Aircraft and Vessel Crew
Vocational Students
Students at Academic Institutions
Humanitarian parolees
Foreign Press Representatives
Exchange Visitors
H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers
unlimited
H-2B Temporary or Seasonal Workers
cap = 66,000
Workers with Extraordinary Ability
in sciences, arts, education, business, athletics
unlimited
Religious Workers unlimited
Witness/Informant in Criminal Proceeding
Fiance(e)s of US Citizens
Refugee/asylee admissions
Victims of human trafficking and domestic violence
Spouses & minor children of LPRs on the visa waiting list for three or more years
Humanitarian Entrants
Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries