Naturalization, Citizenship how to be naturalized american

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rollonsanfranci

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Hi
I am european and I would like to know all the ways to become an american citizen. I think marrying an american is one means but I assume there are others. If there are, what are they?
 
First of all, you cannot just become an American citizen. You always first have to become a legal permanent resident, a so called "green card holder." Then you have to live in the United States for at least 5 years (with one exception, if you married a citizen it is 3 years) and then you can apply for citizenship, take a test and eventually become a citizen.

To become a legal permanent resident you have only few otions:

-you marry an American citizen

-you marry another LPR (but that has a very long backlog of 5 years)

-you obtain residency through a job or investment, which is not easy.

-you win in the diversity lottery.


Information for all that you will find on the USCIS website: www.immigration.gov
 
thanks, thanks a lot.
-you win in the diversity lottery. you mean win a green card????
Do you have any idea of how many people try to win the green card each year and how many cards are delivered?????
thank you again
 
Somewhat less than 50,000 green cards are given out, where of course a winner gets them for the whole family, so I would assume may be 20,000 winners? You probably can find the statistics somewhere online
 
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