🔴Marriage green card
A marriage green card allows the spouse of a U.S. citizen or green card holder to live and work anywhere in the United States. A green cardholder will have “permanent resident” status until they decide — if they wish — to apply for U.S. citizenship, for which they become eligible after three years.

🔴J1 visa Waiver
Some exchange visitors with J-1 visas are subject to a two-year home-country physical presence requirement. It requires you to return home for at least two years after your exchange visitor program. This requirement is part of U.S. law, in the Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 212(e). If you cannot return home for two years, you must apply for a waiver. The Department of Homeland Security must approve your waiver before you can change status in the United States or receive a visa in certain categories.

So if you’re thinking that do you need to go back to your home country you can easily check this information on the USCIS website in the J1 category

Some exchange visitors (with J-1 visas) are subject to the two-year home-country physical presence requirement. This includes current and former exchange visitors. You are subject if one or more of the following applies to you:

- **Government-funded Exchange Program** - You participated in a program funded in whole or in part by a U.S. government agency, your home country’s government, or an international organization that received funding from the U.S. government or your home country’s government.
- **Specialized Knowledge or Skill** – You participated in a program involving an area of study or field of specialized knowledge designated as necessary for further development of your home country and appears on the **Exchange visitor skill list** for your home country.
- **Graduate Medical Education/Training** - You participated in a program to receive graduate medical education or training.

🔴Changing J1 status to F1 status (attachment what is needed for an F1 application )

It's possible to go from J-1 to F-1 status without leaving the U.S. or remaining outside of it for two years. If you are a J-1 visa holder admitted to an academic program, you are permitted to change your status to F-1 if you intend to pursue studies as a full-time, academic student. In order to do make this switch, one of the most important issues will be whether you can provide proof of liquid assets sufficient to pay for one full year of your tuition, living expenses, insurance, and expenses for your dependents (if you have a spouse, children, or other people whom you support).

Your academic institution will be able to provide you with estimates for these amounts.As an applicant for an F-1 visa, you will also have to provide proof that you intend to return home at the completion of the academic program. This requirement is common to all nonimmigrant (temporary) visas, though it can be challenging for students who might not have a job or home awaiting them in their country of origin.

**Changing of Status Application**
Once the academic institution that accepts you as an academic student issue you an I-20 form (the [“Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status”)]([ Ссылка ]), you can apply for F-1 status either by traveling home and applying for the F-1 visa at your local U.S. consulate or by submitting an I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Each procedure has its advantages and drawbacks. Consult an experienced immigration attorney if you have questions or concerns.

# Applying for Asylum

To establish eligibility for asylum or refugee status under U.S. law, you must prove that you meet the definition of a refugee. In brief, this means showing that you are either the victim of past persecution or you have a well-founded fear of future persecution. In the case of past persecution, you must prove that you were persecuted in your home country or last country of residence.

The persecution must have been based on at least one of five grounds, either your: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Proving this connection between the persecution and one of these five grounds is one of the most difficult parts of successfully applying for asylee or refugee status—especially because you must show that one of the five grounds was or will be a “central reason” for your persecution.

Does "gender" fit into any of these five grounds? This is an area of ongoing legal argument. People have succeeded in gaining asylum based on having been subject to cultural practices such as female genital cutting, forced marriage, domestic violence, and more, particularly in cases where the police and government compounded the problem by failing to protect the women or prosecute the perpetrators.
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