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>There's standard, normalized ways immigrants have come to the US for a long time now

Just out of curiosity, what are the "standard, normalized ways " that people immigrate to the US ? If i were to go to the American Embassy in New Delhi and apply for immigration and i don't have close, immediate family in the United States i don't see a way other than becoming a Fiance of a US citizen

( http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/immigrant_visas.html )

Wikipedia also fails to provide anything other than family based immigration.

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_laws_concerning_immi... )