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Permanent residency is a person's legal resident status in a country or territory of which such person is not a citizen but where they have the right to reside on a permanent basis. This is usually for a permanent period; a person with such legal status is known as a permanent resident.
Instead, permanent residents wishing to travel to Canada who do not have a valid PR card may apply for a single use Permanent Resident Travel Document (PRTD) which allows a journey to Canada as a permanent resident. The application may only be submitted to Government of Canada offices abroad and the fee is CA$50. [22]
Adjustment of status in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of the United States refers to the legal process of conferring permanent residency upon any alien who is a refugee, asylee, nonpermanent resident, conditional entrant, [1] parolee, and others physically present in the United States. [2] [3]
A person making an application is required to submit a photograph and several identification documents to prove they meet the eligibility criteria and also must pay an application fee. Applications made from outside India are charged a fee of US$275. Applications submitted in India are charged a fee of ₹ 15,000 (US$180).
Permanent resident status can also be lost if it is found that the application or grounds for obtaining permanent residence was fraudulent. The failure to renew the permanent resident card does not result in the loss of status, except in the case of conditional permanent residents as noted above.
EB-3 is a visa preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency. It is intended for "skilled workers", "professionals", and "other workers". [ 1 ] Those are prospective immigrants who don't qualify for the EB-1 or EB-2 preferences.
From 6 April 2015, the application fee was raised to £1,500 (£1,900 premium). From 6 April 2016, the application fee was raised to £1,875 (£2,375 premium) per person (dependants also pay the same fees). [21] From 6 April 2017, the application fee was raised to £2,297 (£2,848 premium) per person (dependants also pay the same fees). [22]
After the alien has a labor certification and has been provisionally allocated a visa number, the final step is to change his or her status to permanent residency. Adjustment of status is submitted to USCIS via form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.