Only a few hours remain for foreigners who qualify to apply for U.S. residency under an immigration law that expires at Midnight. More than two thousand applications have already been dropped of today at the Immigration and Naturalization office at 47th and Paris. Anyone applying for residency must either be married to or directly related to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The rules vary depending on whether the sponsor is an American citizen or permanent resident. American citizens can sponsor a spouse, parent, child, brother or sister.
Permanent residents can sponsor a spouse or unmarried child.