I find that something is missing here. Being requested by a family member, fiancée or spouse (IR, F, CR and K visas) is not the same as saying you want to immigrate to the US of your own volition and independently. What people usually refer to as legal immigration half the time isn't actually permanent (student/work visas). Right now there is no way for a person not of means or extreme luck from the DR to do it, even baseball recruits are signed to substantial deals before this happens. Applying to move the US to work hard and make it out of poverty isn't an option.
Temporary and your employer sponsors you:
H-1B is a Quota based Visa. You need to both excel, get a job offer and be lucky. Technically you should only get one when there's absolutely NOBODY else available state-side for that job.
L-1 is an I have a job with a US company already and am getting transferred to the NY office Visa
O-1 is an I am not just good at what I do but recognized publicly at it Visa. You're either well to do or lucky/gifted.
Temporary and either you have your own money or your parents/college of choice/US sponsor sponsors you:
F-1 Student Visa - LOTS of money required, it's college with everything included or an off-campus sponsor.
J-1 Exchange Visa (They call it Summer work or Exchange Student in the DR) - You have to have some connections and some money.
M-1 Student Visa - Just different because it's vocational instead of academic.
Permanent and your employer sponsors you:
EB-2: is the same as the O-1 but a residence permit (green card) instead of a visa and you have to have a Master's degree or be extremely gifted.
EB-3: Same as the H1-B but again, a green card.
If you have a LOT of money:
EB-5 Investor Visa - Think 800,000 or more just to invest in the business, that does not include what it costs for you to move and live.
DR can't participate in the Green Card lottery process, which is the only way for you to apply as a regular, non-extraordinary, non-college graduated-in-a-specific-skill, non-rich-by-any-reasonable-means person to immigrate. When people talk about quotas, this and the H1-B visa quotas is what they are referring to.
That's it. Everything else is show up at the border and request asylum (not illegal btw, which is kinda funny.) You might get approved, or not. If you're not you're sent home. This one get's confused with illegal entry because it's the person's status instead of the person's arrival method. You can apply after you're in as long as you do it within a year.
TPS, DACA, T and U visas are unlucky or tenuous. You're basically either living in a life threatening zone so you can get it but your status can be revoked anytime, or you're already in danger of being deported at any time but being protected because you basically only know the US and are going to be a supporting member of society if you're allowed renew every 2 years once you become an adult, or you were trafficked or a victim of some other very serious situation and agreed to risk your life to help law enforcement.
Temporary and your employer sponsors you:
H-1B is a Quota based Visa. You need to both excel, get a job offer and be lucky. Technically you should only get one when there's absolutely NOBODY else available state-side for that job.
L-1 is an I have a job with a US company already and am getting transferred to the NY office Visa
O-1 is an I am not just good at what I do but recognized publicly at it Visa. You're either well to do or lucky/gifted.
Temporary and either you have your own money or your parents/college of choice/US sponsor sponsors you:
F-1 Student Visa - LOTS of money required, it's college with everything included or an off-campus sponsor.
J-1 Exchange Visa (They call it Summer work or Exchange Student in the DR) - You have to have some connections and some money.
M-1 Student Visa - Just different because it's vocational instead of academic.
Permanent and your employer sponsors you:
EB-2: is the same as the O-1 but a residence permit (green card) instead of a visa and you have to have a Master's degree or be extremely gifted.
EB-3: Same as the H1-B but again, a green card.
If you have a LOT of money:
EB-5 Investor Visa - Think 800,000 or more just to invest in the business, that does not include what it costs for you to move and live.
DR can't participate in the Green Card lottery process, which is the only way for you to apply as a regular, non-extraordinary, non-college graduated-in-a-specific-skill, non-rich-by-any-reasonable-means person to immigrate. When people talk about quotas, this and the H1-B visa quotas is what they are referring to.
That's it. Everything else is show up at the border and request asylum (not illegal btw, which is kinda funny.) You might get approved, or not. If you're not you're sent home. This one get's confused with illegal entry because it's the person's status instead of the person's arrival method. You can apply after you're in as long as you do it within a year.
TPS, DACA, T and U visas are unlucky or tenuous. You're basically either living in a life threatening zone so you can get it but your status can be revoked anytime, or you're already in danger of being deported at any time but being protected because you basically only know the US and are going to be a supporting member of society if you're allowed renew every 2 years once you become an adult, or you were trafficked or a victim of some other very serious situation and agreed to risk your life to help law enforcement.