American citizenship or nationality is the status of a natural person as a legal member of the United States. It involves rights, privileges, immunities, and economic benefits including federal assistance.

Foreign immigrants who obtain legal Permanent Residence are given a resident card, also known as a “green card.” This authorizes them to live and work legally and permanently within the United States.

Investor visas (E-2) are nonimmigrant visas for citizens of a country with which the United States maintains a trade or navigation treaty or agreement and who wish to go to the United States.

There are two categories of nonimmigrant visa for people who wish to study in the United States. The “F” visa is for academic studies, and the “M” visa is for non-academic or vocational studies.

Refugee or asylum status may be granted to people who have suffered persecution or who fear persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, and/or membership in a certain social group or political opinion.

The K-1 visa is a visa issued to the fiancé or fiancée of a United States citizen to enter the United States.

The H-3 nonimmigrant visa category allows foreigners to come temporarily to the United States for the purposes of receiving specialized education.

Individuals with skills in science, arts, education, business or athletics, or have demonstrated a record of extraordinary achievement and have been recognized nationally and internationally.

VAWA is the acronym for a law called the Violence Against Women Act, or Violence Against Women Act to protect victims of abuse who are not citizens of the United States.