Immigration. What? Immigration from Russia to the USA

Since ancient times, people have traveled through the Earth. Migration of mankind is one of the most ancient phenomena in history. Since the boundaries of civilizations and states have become apparent, a notion such as immigration has appeared. What is before us - we will analyze today.

Immigration is the entrance to another country. That is, the term is considered by the receiving state.

History of immigration

Immigration to Russia on a significant scale began under the reign of Peter I and continued into the flesh until the 1920s. Immigrants were mostly residents of Europe. The Soviet Union, however, suspended immigration and the reverse process - emigration. With the collapse of the USSR, the situation changed dramatically. Immigration from Russia to other countries has increased significantly. Nowadays it grows every year. Where, in the main, does the Russians leave?

Countries of immigration

The most popular countries where Russians immigrate are the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Britain, Australia and Spain. Each of these countries has a policy for immigrants and a list of requirements for them. The simplest countries for immigration are Australia and Canada. This is due to a wide range of programs for specialists in various industries. The shortage of skilled workers, as well as the orientation towards citizens of European nationalities, makes it relatively easy to enter these countries and subsequently obtain citizenship there. With the rest of the states from the above list, things are more complicated. Undoubtedly, the United States of America was and remains attractive to Russian citizens.

Immigration to the United States has a number of difficulties and peculiarities, but having a clear goal - to move there to live, you can go different ways to achieve it.

Green Card, or work visa

This method is primarily suitable for those who have already found an employer in the United States, ready to take a foreigner to work. The employer in this case meets with a number of difficulties. First, he needs to apply to the employment department with a clear explanation of why an American citizen can not claim this position. Further it is necessary to prove that getting a job as an immigrant will not lead to a deterioration in the working conditions of American workers, and also to their reduction. Apparently, to pass this path, the employer must be very interested in hiring an alien. There is another way to get a Green Card: when the application is submitted independently. For example, people with talents or extraordinary knowledge can count on the fact that they will be open to immigration. What should these people know or know? The interests of the US government are clearly indicated in special lists on official embassy websites. If a person has abilities from this list, then, having proved them, he can quite expect to receive a work visa. The facilitated scheme for obtaining a Green Card is also presented to investors.

Family reunification

A scheme for citizens with relatives in America. Immigration to the US for them is a very simple action. A citizen of the United States provides documents to his immediate family for issuing an immigrant visa. Children, spouses, parents, siblings are among those who have a chance to get such a visa.

Refugees

Considering such a thing as immigration (what this term means, we have already considered), one must not forget that the reasons for it can be not just a desire, but an enforced necessity. Refugee status, and with it the opportunity to remain in the country for a year, can be obtained by citizens who are subjected to persecution in their homeland on the basis of race, political and sexual beliefs. And the refugee visa can be obtained both on the territory of the United States, and in your country. But in any case, the evidence of a threat to life or discrimination should be thorough and documented. At the expiration of a year in the United States as a refugee, a foreigner has the right to apply for citizenship.

Despite the existing ways, it is worth remembering that in the United States any immigration is quantitatively limited. What is meant by this? In the year the United States accepts no more than 480 thousand people under the program of family reunification, no more than 140 thousand - on the Green Card. The restriction on the number of refugees varies every year, but is always regulated and clearly marked. These data indicate that even with all the grounds for obtaining a visa in the US, you can wait several years before the turn comes.

As they say in the people: "It's good there where we are not." Apparently, this is one of the reasons why immigration is so attractive for a Russian person. What is hidden in it, pleasant and mysterious? Probably, hope that in foreign countries more green grass on lawns. And, of course, to each his own, because for many, for example in the US, the grass really turns green and the sun is brighter.