Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Immigrants Admitted Through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program: Who are they and how do they compare?
Department
Economics Department
College
Seidman College of Business
Date Range
2013-2014
Disciplines
Business
Abstract
There are four principal ways, otherwise known as categories of admission, in which the foreign-born may become legal permanent residents. The first is through family sponsorship. Individuals residing in the U.S. legally and permanently, either citizens or legal permanent residents, can sponsor their foreign-born relatives through family categories, some without limit and others with limits, which are part of the family visa preference system. Employment-based preferences are another category of admission. Most employment categories also require sponsorship by the employer and the number of foreign-born who can become legal permanent residents under the employment preference category are also limited. Refugees and asylees, immigration diversity lottery and Other/Legalization are the remaining categories of admission. Immigrants country of origin, occupation, age, education, and family status all affect the opportunities open to them and the choices they make about how, and whether, to settle permanently in the U.S. (Hayes and Hill, 2008).
Conference Name
Western Economic Association Conference
Conference Location
Seattle, Washington
ScholarWorks Citation
Smith Kelly, Claudia, "Immigrants Admitted Through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program: Who are they and how do they compare?" (2014). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 750.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/750
