Check your Green Card readiness

Tick only if

• You know the exact category, such as immediate relative, family preference, employment preference, diversity visa, asylum/refugee, or another route.
• You know whether annual visa limits and country of chargeability affect the category.
• Your documents support that category, not only the general goal of becoming a permanent resident.

Tick only if

• You know which petition, selection notice, immigrant petition, labor step, or eligibility basis starts your case.
• You know whether that step is pending, approved, not required, or not yet filed.
• You are not measuring the whole Green Card wait from the wrong starting point.

Tick only if

• You know your priority date, preference category, and country of chargeability if your category is subject to visa limits.
• You checked whether the current Visa Bulletin uses Dates for Filing or Final Action Dates for your next step.
• Immediate-relative or other non-bulletin cases are identified correctly so you do not wait for a bulletin date that does not apply.

Tick only if

• You know whether you will apply inside the United States through adjustment of status or through a US consulate abroad.
• You know which agency is handling the current step, such as USCIS, NVC, or a consulate.
• Travel, work permission, address changes, and interview location are planned for that route.

Tick only if

• Birth, marriage, divorce, adoption, police, military, court, passport, and name-change records are ready where relevant.
• Documents are the version requested by the agency or consulate, not just any available copy.
• Translations include the required certification if documents are not in an accepted language.

Tick only if

• Family-based cases have sponsor, household, tax, income, asset, or joint-sponsor evidence ready if required.
• Employment-based cases have employer, job offer, labor certification, petition, ability-to-pay, or qualifications evidence ready where relevant.
• You know whether the public charge or affidavit of support step applies to your category.

Tick only if

• You know whether the medical exam must be done by a USCIS civil surgeon or a panel physician for a consular case.
• Vaccination records are gathered or you know what is missing.
• You know when to complete the exam so it does not expire or arrive too early for your route.

Tick only if

• Address history, employment history, travel history, immigration history, and family details are organised by date.
• You can explain gaps, long trips, old refusals, or previous visa answers consistently.
• You know how to update address changes and attend biometrics or interview notices quickly.

Tick only if

• You have reviewed overstays, unlawful presence, removals, arrests, charges, misrepresentation, prior immigration fraud findings, and medical issues.
• You have court records, immigration records, police certificates, or explanations ready where relevant.
• You know whether a waiver, legal advice, or extra evidence is needed before filing or attending an interview.

Tick only if

• You have not quit work, sold property, booked irreversible travel, or moved family plans based only on a timeline estimate.
• You understand a current priority date or processing estimate can move, pause, or be affected by case-specific review.