Difference between the Green Card and Citizenship? Although permanent residents in the United States…

Difference between the Green Card and Citizenship?

Although permanent residents in the United States are legally allowed to live and work, they hold citizenship in another country. Whereas, an alien identification card, also known as a Green Card, is issued to those who are granted U.S. permanent resident status.

How are Green Cards through Lottery selected?

A computer algorithm randomly selects the winners of the Diversity Visa lottery, with a certain number of visas allocated to each region of the world and no country obtains more than 7% of the available Diversity Visas throughout the year.

Do Asylum Applicants need to be interviewed?

Not all asylum applicants will need to be interviewed. While the application for Asylum and supporting documents are part of the process to be sent to the USCIS, the interview will concentrate solely on eligibility for permanent residence adjustment and not on the underlying request for asylum.

Who is eligible for the EB-3 Visa?

These Green Cards are available to 3 groups of workers who are very different from one another. 1. Skilled workers, are employees that need to have at least two years of training or work experience, which is not temporary or seasonal. In order to be eligible, they must do the work of qualified workers who are not available in the United States. 2. Professionals, are foreign nationals whose job required a U.S. bachelor degree or a foreign equivalent diploma. They also must work a job that qualified workers in the U.S. are unavailable to do. And 3. Other workers, which is a subcategory for foreign nationals that perform unskilled labor, which requires less than 2 years of training/experience. In all three cases a PERM is required and a waiver of interest in not available!

Which Green Card Forms are the most important?

The most commonly used Forms, where the petitioners and the beneficiary needs to file are: Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative); Form I-730 (Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition), Form I-589 (Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal) and Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker).

Can a green card holder sponsor a friend?

Unfortunately, only family members can sign the petition for the immigrant Visa or Green Card. What you can do, though is file an I-864 (Affidavit of Support) form, which is a way to fund your friend’s immigration petition.

The required Forms for the Marriage Green Card!

The Forms every Marriage-based Green Card application needs in order to get issued are: USCIS Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative), USCIS Form G-325A (Biographic Information), USCIS Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence), USCIS Form I-693 (Medical Examination Results) and USCIS Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support).

How can a Green Card help international students?

Higher tuition fees are charged to out-of-state and foreign students by many universities, colleges and technical schools in the United States. There are states where their college fees are 50% more expensive for international students. This means that if you have a Green Card, you would be considered an in-state resident and you wouldn’t have to pay that amount, therefore you would save a lot of money! Also as a permanent resident, you could apply for financial aid if needed to eliminate the tuition costs.