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Coverage for all 48 pathways

This page groups all 48 pathways by the best help available for that pathway today: checklist path candidate, planning guidance available, or orientation only. A checklist-path label does not mean every path, processing context, or interview post is supported, lawyer-reviewed, or exact.

48 pathways total

This guide is informational only and is not legal advice. Consult a qualified immigration attorney for advice specific to your case.

What do these labels mean?

These labels describe what Green Card Guide currently supports, not whether the government considers you eligible. Open a pathway page or the checklist support checker to see whether a combination is an exact checklist candidate, general source-backed checklist, official category shell, or unsupported. Freshness on live post-specific pages is checked separately against the linked official source.

Still figuring out which pathway fits your case?

Coverage explains support boundaries. If you still need to identify the route or process first, go to pathway families or process guides, or decode product language in the glossary, before using checklist support.

Checklist path candidate available

46 pathways in this group

These pathways have at least one source-backed checklist path candidate today. The start flow still distinguishes exact checklist candidates from general process guidance, shells, and unsupported combinations.

Category: Family-based green cardFamily-based petition process for an adopted childOpen pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardAdoption - Hague Convention process (IH-3/IH-4)Open pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardAdoption - orphan process (IR-3/IR-4)Open pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardEmployment-based first preference (EB-1)Open pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardEmployment-based second preference (EB-2)Open pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardEmployment-based third preference (EB-3)Open pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardEB-5 immigrant investor - regional center investorOpen pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardEB-5 immigrant investor - standalone investorOpen pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardGold Card program immigrant petition routeOpen pathwayCategory: Employment-based green cardPhysician national interest waiver (NIW)Open pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardK-1/K-2 fiancé(e) path to permanent residenceOpen pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardImmediate relative of a U.S. citizenOpen pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardFamily preference immigrant (F1/F2A/F2B/F3/F4)Open pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardVAWA self-petitionerOpen pathwayCategory: Family-based green cardWidow(er) of a U.S. citizenOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardAsylee adjustmentOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardCuban Adjustment Act pathOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardHaitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA) pathOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardIndochinese Parole Adjustment Act pathOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardLautenberg parolee pathOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardLiberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF)Open pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardNACARA Section 203 / special rule cancellation pathwayOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardRefugee adjustmentOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardS nonimmigrant adjustmentOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardT nonimmigrant adjustmentOpen pathwayCategory: Humanitarian green cardU nonimmigrant adjustmentOpen pathwayCategory: Conditional residence and removal of conditionsRemove conditions after EB-5 CPR (I-829)Open pathwayCategory: Conditional residence and removal of conditionsRemove conditions on residence after marriage-based CPR (I-751)Open pathwayCategory: Other green card categoriesINA 245(i) filing overlayOpen pathwayCategory: Other green card categoriesBorn in the United States to a foreign diplomatOpen pathwayCategory: Other green card categoriesDiversity Visa programOpen pathwayCategory: Other green card categoriesRegistryOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardAfghan employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government (SIV)Open pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardAmerasian immigrantOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardSpecial immigrant broadcasterOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardInternational organization employee (G-4) and qualifying familyOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardIraqi employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government (SIV)Open pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardNATO-6 employee and qualifying familyOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardPanama Canal Zone employeeOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardCertain physician special immigrantOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardSpecial immigrant religious workerOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardSection 13 diplomat adjustmentOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardSpecial Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ)Open pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardAfghan or Iraqi translator/interpreter special immigrantOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardSpecial immigrant member of the U.S. armed forcesOpen pathwayCategory: Special immigrant green cardInternational employee of the U.S. government abroadOpen pathway

Planning guidance available

1 pathway in this group

These pathways do not have a checklist-path candidate today. Instead, the pathway page explains the main stages, forms, and preparation steps so you can plan your next move.

Orientation only

1 pathway in this group

These pathways do not have a checklist or step-by-step planning guide today. You get a plain-language overview of who the pathway is for, the main forms involved, and the stages that usually come up.