Green Card (Permanent Residence)

The steps to become a permanent resident are different for each category and will depend on if you are currently living inside or outside the United States. The main categories are listed below.

1. Green card through family: How to apply for permanent residence when a family member petitions for you.
2. Green card through a job: How to apply for permanent residence based on a job offer or employment.
3. Green card through refugee or asylum status: How to apply for permanent residence when you have been granted refugee or asylum status.

Other ways to get a green card: Learn about the many other ways that you may

Qualify for permanent residence.

A United States permanent resident card (USCIS FORM I-551) formally ALIEN registration card or ALIEN registration receipt card (INS FORM I-151) is an identification card attesting to the permanent resident states of an ALIEN in the United States. It is known informally as a green card because it had and has been green in color from 1946,and since may 2010 green card also refers to an immigration process of becoming a permanent resident.

The green card serves as proof that its holder, a lawful permanent resident (LPR) has been officially granted immigration benefits, which include permission to reside and take employment in the US. The holder must maintain permanent resident status and can be removed from the United States if certain conditions of their status are not met.

Green card were formally issued by the immigration and naturalization service (INS).During a reorganization process, that agency was absorbed into and replaced by the bureau of citizenship and immigration services (BCIS),part of the department of homeland security (DHS),shortly after that reorganization, BCIS  was renamed to U.S. citizenship and immigration for issuing green cards

WHO IS PERMANENT RESIDENT

A permanent resident is someone who has been granted authorization to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis. As proof of that status, a person is granted a permanent resident card, commonly called a “GREEN CARD”. You can become a permanent resident in several different ways. Most individuals are sponsored by a family member or employer in the United States. Other individuals may become permanent resident through refugee or asylum status or other humanitarian programs. And in some cases, you may be eligible to file for yourself.

A lawful permanent resident can apply for United States citizenship, or naturalization, after five years of residency. This period is shortened to three years if married to a U.S. citizen, or four years if permanent residency was received through asylum .Lawful permanent residents may submit their applications for naturalization as early as 90 days before meeting the residency requirement. Citizens are entitled to more rights then permanent residents. Lawful permanent residents generally do not have the right to vote, the right to be elected in federal and state elections, the ability to bring family members to the United States, or eligibility for federal government jobs. Male permanent residents between the ages of 18 and 26 are subject to registering in the “selective service system”. Permanent residents who reside in the U.S. must pay taxes on their world wide income, like U.S. citizens. Certain conditions that may put a permanent resident in deportation proceeding do not apply to U.S. citizens.

U.S. green card holders have a disadvantaged situation.

1. Visitors and non immigrants coming to the U.S.A. on temporary visas for work or study can sponsor their dependent spouses to live with them but usually not work in the U.S.A.
2. U.S. citizens can sponsor their spouses to come to the U.S.A. in non immigrant status.

GREEN CARD (PERMANENT RESIDINCE)

The steps to become a permanent resident are different for each category and will depend on if you are currently living inside or outside the United States. The main categories are listed below.

1. Green card through family: How to apply for permanent residence when a family member petitions for you.
2. Green card through a job: How to apply for permanent residence based on a job offer or employment.
3. Green card through refugee or asylum status: How to apply for permanent residence when you have been granted refugee or asylum status.

Other ways to get a green card: Learn about the many other ways that you may

Qualify for permanent residence.

A United States permanent resident card (USCIS FORM I-551) formally ALIEN registration card or ALIEN registration receipt card (INS FORM I-151) is an identification card attesting to the permanent resident states of an ALIEN in the United States. It is known informally as a green card because it had and has been green in color from 1946,and since may 2010 green card also refers to an immigration process of becoming a permanent resident.

More information about getting a green card visit

www.uscis.gov/greencard

The green card serves as proof that its holder, a lawful permanent resident (LPR) has been officially granted immigration benefits, which include permission to reside and take employment in the US. The holder must maintain permanent resident status and can be removed from the United States if certain conditions of their status are not met.

Green card were formally issued by the immigration and naturalization service (INS).During a reorganization process, that agency was absorbed into and replaced by the bureau of citizenship and immigration services (BCIS),part of the department of homeland security (DHS),shortly after that reorganization, BCIS  was renamed to U.S. citizenship and immigration for issuing green cards.