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USIVA

USIVA / immigrant index

Permanent immigration has a family, employment, or program record behind it.

Browse family, adoption, employment, special immigrant, K, diversity, and returning-resident routes. Keep the petition, visa-number, civil-document, and post-specific questions visible as separate handoffs.

Immigrant visa index

Immigrant category index

Each record is an orientation point to the official State Department or USCIS source. It does not predict approval, visa availability, or timing.

28source-aware route records

IR / CR

Immediate relatives and conditional residents

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Immediate-relative and conditional-resident routes for spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens.

  1. 01IR-1Spouse of a U.S. citizenU.S.-citizen petitioners, spouses, children, parents, and families organizing an immigrant-visa record.
  2. 02CR-1Conditional spouse of a U.S. citizenU.S.-citizen petitioners, spouses, children, parents, and families organizing an immigrant-visa record.
  3. 03IR-2Unmarried child of a U.S. citizenU.S.-citizen petitioners, spouses, children, parents, and families organizing an immigrant-visa record.
  4. 04CR-2Conditional child of a U.S. citizenU.S.-citizen petitioners, spouses, children, parents, and families organizing an immigrant-visa record.
  5. 05IR-5Parent of a U.S. citizenU.S.-citizen petitioners, spouses, children, parents, and families organizing an immigrant-visa record.

IR / IH

Intercountry adoption

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Orphan and Hague adoption routes for children immigrating through a U.S.-citizen adoption process.

  1. 01IR-3Child adopted abroad under the orphan processU.S.-citizen adoptive parents, children, accredited providers, and officials coordinating adoption cases.
  2. 02IH-3Child adopted abroad under the Hague processU.S.-citizen adoptive parents, children, accredited providers, and officials coordinating adoption cases.
  3. 03IR-4Child to be adopted in the United States under the orphan processU.S.-citizen adoptive parents, children, accredited providers, and officials coordinating adoption cases.
  4. 04IH-4Child to be adopted in the United States under the Hague processU.S.-citizen adoptive parents, children, accredited providers, and officials coordinating adoption cases.

F

Family-sponsored preference categories

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Family-preference categories for relatives of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.

  1. 01F1Unmarried son or daughter of a U.S. citizenFamily petitioners and beneficiaries tracking preference-category records and visa-number timing.
  2. 02F2ASpouse or child of a lawful permanent residentFamily petitioners and beneficiaries tracking preference-category records and visa-number timing.
  3. 03F2BUnmarried son or daughter of a lawful permanent residentFamily petitioners and beneficiaries tracking preference-category records and visa-number timing.
  4. 04F3Married son or daughter of a U.S. citizenFamily petitioners and beneficiaries tracking preference-category records and visa-number timing.
  5. 05F4Sibling of an adult U.S. citizenFamily petitioners and beneficiaries tracking preference-category records and visa-number timing.

EB

Employment-based preference categories

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Permanent-worker and investment categories across the five employment-based preference groups.

  1. 01EB-1First preference: priority workersEmployers, workers, entrepreneurs, agents, and families organizing an employment-based immigrant case.
  2. 02EB-2Second preference: advanced degree or exceptional abilityEmployers, workers, entrepreneurs, agents, and families organizing an employment-based immigrant case.
  3. 03EB-3Third preference: professionals, skilled workers, and other workersEmployers, workers, entrepreneurs, agents, and families organizing an employment-based immigrant case.
  4. 04EW-3Other worker subcategoryEmployers, workers, entrepreneurs, agents, and families organizing an employment-based immigrant case.
  5. 05EB-4Fourth preference: certain special immigrantsEmployers, workers, entrepreneurs, agents, and families organizing an employment-based immigrant case.
  6. 06EB-5Fifth preference: employment creation investorsEmployers, workers, entrepreneurs, agents, and families organizing an employment-based immigrant case.

SPECIAL

Special immigrant routes

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Special immigrant classifications, including religious workers and certain Iraqi and Afghan cases.

  1. 01SIIraqi and Afghan translators or interpretersSpecial immigrants, religious workers, translators, and people whose records involve U.S. government service.
  2. 02SQIraqis and Afghans who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. governmentSpecial immigrants, religious workers, translators, and people whose records involve U.S. government service.
  3. 03SDSpecial immigrant religious workerSpecial immigrants, religious workers, translators, and people whose records involve U.S. government service.
  4. 04SRSpecial immigrant religious workerSpecial immigrants, religious workers, translators, and people whose records involve U.S. government service.

K

Immigration-related K routes

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K-1 fiancé(e) and K-3 spouse routes, listed by the State Department alongside immigrant categories because of their immigration purpose.

  1. 01K-1Fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizenU.S.-citizen petitioners, foreign-citizen fiancé(e)s, spouses, and related children.
  2. 02K-3Spouse of a U.S. citizen with a pending immigrant petitionU.S.-citizen petitioners, foreign-citizen fiancé(e)s, spouses, and related children.

DV

Diversity Visa program

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Annual diversity immigrant-visa program with its own official instructions, selection notice, and deadline sequence.

  1. 01DVDiversity immigrant visaDiversity Visa entrants, selectees, accompanying family members, and authorized helpers.

SB

Returning resident

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Returning-resident processing for a lawful permanent resident who has remained abroad beyond ordinary travel validity.

  1. 01SBReturning resident immigrant visaLawful permanent residents or conditional residents researching a returning-resident record.