Immigration Eligibility Screener

This free screener asks a few plain-language questions and suggests forms of U.S. immigration relief you may want to explore with an attorney — such as family or marriage petitions, asylum, a U visa, VAWA, a T visa, DACA, or employment and investor visas. It is educational only, not a legal determination, and it never tells you that you qualify.

Immigration law is complex, and most people do not realize how many different paths may exist. The screener below is a simple, branching questionnaire designed to point you toward the categories worth discussing with a lawyer. It does not collect your name, does not store your answers, and does not send anything anywhere — everything runs privately in your browser.

Important: a category appearing in your results does not mean you are eligible. Many forms of relief have strict requirements, hard deadlines, and serious consequences for getting it wrong. Use the results to start a conversation, then request a free, confidential case review so an attorney can evaluate your actual situation.

How the immigration eligibility screener works

Answer a short series of questions about your family, safety, work, and history in the U.S. Based on your answers, the tool lists relief categories to explore and links to plain-English guides — then encourages you to confirm everything with a licensed attorney.

The screener walks through a few topics one at a time: your relationship to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, whether you fear returning to your home country, whether you have survived certain crimes or abuse, your age and arrival history, and your education or work background. You can move back and forth, change answers, and start over at any time. Because it is purely educational, it deliberately errs on the side of suggesting options rather than ruling them out.

Forms of immigration relief the screener may suggest

Depending on your answers, the screener may point you to family or marriage green cards, fiancé(e) visas, asylum, U visas, VAWA self-petitions, T visas, DACA, or employment and investor visas. Each links to a plain-English guide — and each requires an attorney to assess.

Below is a quick overview of the categories the tool draws from. These summaries are general and simplified; the requirements, deadlines, and dollar thresholds change over time, so confirm everything with a lawyer and against the official source at uscis.gov.

• Family & marriage: petitions through a qualifying U.S. citizen or permanent resident relative. Learn more about family-based immigration, the marriage green card process, and the K-1 fiancé(e) visa.
• Humanitarian protection: for people who fear returning home, see our guide to asylum in the United States. Asylum generally must be requested within one year of your arrival in the U.S., with limited exceptions (8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B); uscis.gov).
• Survivors of crime, abuse, or trafficking: the U visa and VAWA page explains protections for certain crime victims and for survivors of abuse by a U.S. citizen or resident family member. T visas are a separate humanitarian option for survivors of human trafficking. An attorney can confirm which protections fit your situation.
• Childhood arrivals: our DACA page covers Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. As of June 2026, following the January 2025 Fifth Circuit ruling, USCIS continues to process renewal requests but accepts — without processing — initial applications; this status can change with court rulings, so confirm current eligibility at uscis.gov/DACA.
• Employment & investment: see employment-based immigration for work, professional, and investor pathways. Investor visa categories carry specific minimum investment amounts set by law. Under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, the minimum is $1,050,000, or $800,000 in a targeted employment area or infrastructure project, with the next scheduled adjustment on January 1, 2027 (uscis.gov, current as of June 2026).

You can also browse every option from our main immigration practice area, which links to each guide, or read our know your rights overview if you are worried about an encounter with immigration enforcement.

Why you still need an attorney after using the screener

A screener cannot weigh the details that decide real cases — deadlines, prior immigration or criminal history, how you entered, and proof. An attorney can confirm what you may qualify for, flag risks, and build the strongest, safest strategy for your family.

Filing for the wrong relief, missing a deadline, or submitting an application that triggers a problem can have lasting consequences, including denial or removal. That is why every result from this tool ends the same way: talk to a licensed immigration attorney. A consultation lets a lawyer look at your complete history, compare every path that may be open to you, and tell you what is realistic — something no automated quiz can do. If you are in removal proceedings and need deportation defense, do not wait.

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