Work Visa and Green Card

Work Visa

If you are an immigrant in the U.S. and wish to work, you will need to have the appropriate work visa. The most common is the J-1 Visa. There are two different types of the J-1 Visa. The Work & Travel Program allows you to work temporarily in the U.S. in guest service positions. The other allows you to work at a summer camp as a camp counselor. The qualifications for these visas vary depending on your country of residence.

You will need to contact an agency and go through the process of obtaining your work visa. It is difficult for international applicants who do not have a J-1 work visa to be employed in the USA.

The following are lists of sponsoring agencies you can contact to begin the process of obtaining your J-1 Visa. There are costs involved in obtaining a J-1 Visa. 

Green Card

A Green Card is a permanent residence visa and gives a person the legal right to LIVE, WORK AND STUDY permanently in the United States and to enter and leave the country freely. You may work in any government, public and private job that is available. A permanent residence visa is generally good for life. Green Card holders also receive health, education, retirement, taxation, social security and other benefits. The Green Card DOES NOT affect your present citizenship. A Green Card holder may later apply for United States Citizenship, if desired.

The annual DV (Diversity Visa) lottery program is a good opportunity for potential immigrants to obtain the status as a permanent legal resident of the USA. This program runs each year and provides 50,000 "Green Cards" to applicants randomly selected in a lottery process - known as Green Card Lottery. Click here for more information...