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Bases for becoming eligible for an immigrant visa include:
- Employment
- Investing $1,000,000 (or $500,000 in limited situations) in a new commercial enterprise creating employment for at least ten U. S. workers (directly or indirectly in a "regional center"). Initial approval is for two years as a conditional permanent resident-requiring a petition to remove the condition and grant permanent residence
- Establishing that one is within certain religious worker categories
- Petitioning to prove a relative relationship to certain U. S. citizens or permanent residents
- Specific and limited "diversity" (lottery) programs
- Proving that one is fleeing persecution and entitled to refugee or asylum status.