text: procedure of legal immigration to the usa? i`d like to know informations about the legal way to immigrate to the states other than lottery.how to proceed? you need to contact the us embassy and fill out the proper papers.  my understanding is it is not always an easy process.  if you have a certain skill that is needed in the us and a company can show that there are not enough us citizens to fill those positions you could speed the process up.  a good example is importing of nursing.  good luck.