The process to get a visa in order to get into the United States is long and arduous. Immigrants spend a lot of money to try and get here. First, you need to have a sponsor that can support you if you are allowed in the United States. The sponsor is someone who is an American citizen and they have to be able to qualify. That means they need to have a good enough income in order to sustain them for a certain amount of time. They also need to have a clean criminal record. After they have all of that arranged, they have to pay a fee for every person. But for refuges, it is a different situation. They have to go to a center so they can apply to get a visa. Sponsors are throughout the country and the refugee workers give them a location to go so they can live. Now the time limit for refuges is shortened because they want to get them out of there as soon as possible because they are trying to escape some type of persecution or poverty. Either way both immigrants or refugees are both trying to find a home in America.