Applying for a Green Card as a Special Immigrant
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Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2023
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Applying for a green card as a Special Immigrant means you meet circumstances that the United States has deemed as unique or special. These fall under five main sub-categories that include a religious worker, a special immigrant juvenile, Afghanistan or Iraq national, international broadcaster, and an employee of an international organization or family member or NATO-6 employee or family member. Accordingly, you would have to meet one of the following criteria:
- Be a member of a religious denomination coming to the U.S. to work for a nonprofit religious organization
- Be a juvenile who needs the protection of a juvenile court because you have been abused, abandoned or neglected by a parent
- Were an Afghan or Iraqi translator or interpreter for the U.S. government
- Were an Iraqi employed by or for the U.S. government in Iraq on or after March 20, 2003, for at least one year; or
- Were an Afghan employed by the U.S. government or International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
- You are coming to work in the U.S. as a member of the media for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) or a USAGM grantee
- You are a retired officer or employee of an eligible international organization or NATO, or are an eligible family member of such an employee.
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If applying for a green card is relevant to you in any kind of way and/or extent, make sure to acquire the professional legal services of a U.S. immigration attorney. If applying for a green card as a special immigrant is not the right green card application process for you, continue to read our other posts about how to obtain green card status.
