Green Card Without Sponsoring

In case you were wonderinf if you could attain a GC without having a company (or family) sponsoring it?

The main ways to obtain permanent residence are through a family petition, an employer petition. There are other ways, however. One way is called cancellation of removal which requires that you demonstrate 10 years of continuous physical presence in the U.S., good moral character during that time, no disqualifying crimes and exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse, parent or child. Unfortunately, you can only seek this type of residency if you are in removal proceedings and seeking it as a defense to removal. Another way of obtaining residency is if you have been the victim of domestic violence at the hands of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident spouse. Finally, there are residency options if you fear going back to your home country based on a chance of persecution because of your race, religion, nationality, political opinions or membership in a social group. There is a means of obtaining residency based on length of time in the U.S. alone. It is called "registry" However, you must demonstrate continuous residence in the U.S. since 1972.

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