How to Get A Green Card
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Nolo Press
Applying for a U.S. green card? Read this book first!
The U.S. immigration system is an enormous bureaucracy. It's vital that you understand all the requirements for getting a green card before starting your application - making a mistake can ruin your chances.
Fortunately, … More »
Applying for a U.S. green card? Read this book first!
The U.S. immigration system is an enormous bureaucracy. It's vital that you understand all the requirements for getting a green card before starting your application - making a mistake can ruin your chances.
Fortunately, … More »
Nolo Press
Applying for a U.S. green card? Read this book first!
The U.S. immigration system is an enormous bureaucracy. It's vital that you understand all the requirements for getting a green card before starting your application - making a mistake can ruin your chances.
Fortunately, How to Get a Green Card provides everything you need to understand whether you're eligible, and then make it through the bureaucratic maze. Find out how to work with U.S. officials, how to prepare and present the right documents, and what to expect every step of the way.
The 9th edition is completely revised to reflect the latest application procedures, laws and fees. It also shows how to find the latest required forms online, and provides filled-out sample forms.
This book is not appropriate for those seeking work-related green cards.
Baker & Taylor
An updated guide to obtaining U.S. residence is organized into customized chapters for different family relationships; includes the latest fees, contact information and procedural information; and provides up-to-date filled out sample forms to give readers an idea of how the application process works. Original.
Book News
This guide explains the basic requirements for obtaining legal permission to stay in the United States, and walks through the process for requesting a green card based on family relations, political asylum, the visa lottery, and ten years residency. The ninth edition updates immigration law changes, and adds chapters on acquiring citizenship through U.S. citizen parents and tracking an application through the system. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ingram Publishing Services
Baker
& Taylor
Details the numerous ways to obtain a green card, providing legal advice and discussing what documents are needed, how the required forms must be filled out, fees, and a guide to the government's online information.
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Applying for a U.S. green card? Read this book first!
The U.S. immigration system is an enormous bureaucracy. It's vital that you understand all the requirements for getting a green card before starting your application - making a mistake can ruin your chances.
Fortunately, How to Get a Green Card provides everything you need to understand whether you're eligible, and then make it through the bureaucratic maze. Find out how to work with U.S. officials, how to prepare and present the right documents, and what to expect every step of the way.
The 9th edition is completely revised to reflect the latest application procedures, laws and fees. It also shows how to find the latest required forms online, and provides filled-out sample forms.
This book is not appropriate for those seeking work-related green cards.
Baker & Taylor
An updated guide to obtaining U.S. residence is organized into customized chapters for different family relationships; includes the latest fees, contact information and procedural information; and provides up-to-date filled out sample forms to give readers an idea of how the application process works. Original.
Book News
This guide explains the basic requirements for obtaining legal permission to stay in the United States, and walks through the process for requesting a green card based on family relations, political asylum, the visa lottery, and ten years residency. The ninth edition updates immigration law changes, and adds chapters on acquiring citizenship through U.S. citizen parents and tracking an application through the system. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ingram Publishing Services
With green cards at a premium, it's essential that people know all that's required to get these much soughtafter documents. This book presents ways to get a green card through: parents, siblings and adult children; spouses or fiancées; employers; green card lotteries; political asylum or refugee status. Includes lists of more than 400 groups that help with paperwork and offer counseling and legal referrals.
Baker
& Taylor
Details the numerous ways to obtain a green card, providing legal advice and discussing what documents are needed, how the required forms must be filled out, fees, and a guide to the government's online information.
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Imprint:
Berkeley, Calif. - Nolo
Pages:
334
Edition:
9th ed
ISBN:
9781413311037, 1413311032
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes index
Your immigration c28 cm. 2010. na Bray and Loida Nicolas Lewis ; updated by Ruby Lieberman. 20100614124753.0{00} -- Immigration then and now. America's earliest settlers ; Early immigration restrictions ; Today's immigration laws ; Looking forward -- All the ways to get a green card. Family-based relationships ; Employment-based relationships ; Special immigrants ; Entrepreneur immigrants ; Asylum and refugee status ; Diversity visa lottery ; Amnesties -- Short-term alternatives to a green card. How do foreigners enter the United States? ; Types of visas ; Tourists who can visit without a visa ; The importance of staying legal ; How to extend a visitor visa ; Changing your reason for staying ; What to do if your application is denied ; Tips on filling out form I-539 -- Will inadmissibility bar you from getting a green card? What is inadmissibility? ; The possibility of waiving inadmissibility ; Most troublesome grounds of inadmissibility ; Reversing an inadmissibility finding -- How long you'll have to wait. Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens : no waiting ; Relatives in preference categories : longer waits ; Dealing with the wait ; Can you predict how long you'll wait? ; Revocation of a petition or application -- Fianč and fiancě visas. Who qualifies for a fianč visa ; Quick view of the fianč visa application process ; Detailed instructions for the fianč visa application process ; How to bring your children on a fianč visa ; Marriage and after -- Green cards through marriage. Who qualifies ; Special rules in court proceedings ; Quick view of the marriage-based green card application process ; Detailed instructions for the marriage-based green card application process ; Bringing your children ; If your marriage is less than two years old ; If you marry again ; Common questions about marriage and immigration -- Your parents as immigrants. Who qualifies to petition for their parents ; Who qualifies as your parent ; Quick view of the application process ; Detailed instructions for the application process -- Child immigrants. Who qualifies ; Definition of "child" ; Quick view of the application process ; Detailed instructions for the application process ; Automatic citizenship for some children -- Orphan immigrants in non-Hague-convention countries. Who qualifies as an orphan child ; Who can petition for an orphan child ; Pre-adoption requirements ; Starting the adoption process ; After the petition is approved ; Filing for a visa ; Automatic citizenship for adopted orphans -- The diversity visa lottery. Who qualifies for the lottery ; How to apply for the lottery ; After you win : the green card application ; How to bring your spouse and children -- Amerasian immigrants. Who qualifies as an Amerasian ; Who can start the process ; Who will serve as a sponsor? ; How to file ; Where to file -- Your brothers and sisters as immigrants. Who counts as your brother or sister ; Quick view of the application process ; Detailed instructions for the application process ; What happens after filing form I-130 -- Refugees and political asylees. Who qualifies ; Who is barred from qualifying ; How to apply for refugee status ; How to apply for political asylum ; If your asylum application is denied ; Asylees can bring overseas spouses and children to the United States ; Getting a green card after asylum approval ; Revocation of asylee status ; Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ; Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) -- Military veterans and enlistees. Who qualifies to apply for citizenship without a green card ; Who qualifies for permanent residence -- Registry : for those in the U.S. since 1972. How you got here is irrelevant ; Short absences allowed ; How to file ; Additional documentation required ; Approval of registry -- Cancellation of removal : do ten illegal years equal one green card? Applying in court proceedings ; Who qualifies for cancellation ; Who is not eligible for cancellation ; Preparing a convincing case ; How to
Your immigration c28 cm. 2010. na Bray and Loida Nicolas Lewis ; updated by Ruby Lieberman. 20100614124753.0{00} -- Immigration then and now. America's earliest settlers ; Early immigration restrictions ; Today's immigration laws ; Looking forward -- All the ways to get a green card. Family-based relationships ; Employment-based relationships ; Special immigrants ; Entrepreneur immigrants ; Asylum and refugee status ; Diversity visa lottery ; Amnesties -- Short-term alternatives to a green card. How do foreigners enter the United States? ; Types of visas ; Tourists who can visit without a visa ; The importance of staying legal ; How to extend a visitor visa ; Changing your reason for staying ; What to do if your application is denied ; Tips on filling out form I-539 -- Will inadmissibility bar you from getting a green card? What is inadmissibility? ; The possibility of waiving inadmissibility ; Most troublesome grounds of inadmissibility ; Reversing an inadmissibility finding -- How long you'll have to wait. Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens : no waiting ; Relatives in preference categories : longer waits ; Dealing with the wait ; Can you predict how long you'll wait? ; Revocation of a petition or application -- Fianč and fiancě visas. Who qualifies for a fianč visa ; Quick view of the fianč visa application process ; Detailed instructions for the fianč visa application process ; How to bring your children on a fianč visa ; Marriage and after -- Green cards through marriage. Who qualifies ; Special rules in court proceedings ; Quick view of the marriage-based green card application process ; Detailed instructions for the marriage-based green card application process ; Bringing your children ; If your marriage is less than two years old ; If you marry again ; Common questions about marriage and immigration -- Your parents as immigrants. Who qualifies to petition for their parents ; Who qualifies as your parent ; Quick view of the application process ; Detailed instructions for the application process -- Child immigrants. Who qualifies ; Definition of "child" ; Quick view of the application process ; Detailed instructions for the application process ; Automatic citizenship for some children -- Orphan immigrants in non-Hague-convention countries. Who qualifies as an orphan child ; Who can petition for an orphan child ; Pre-adoption requirements ; Starting the adoption process ; After the petition is approved ; Filing for a visa ; Automatic citizenship for adopted orphans -- The diversity visa lottery. Who qualifies for the lottery ; How to apply for the lottery ; After you win : the green card application ; How to bring your spouse and children -- Amerasian immigrants. Who qualifies as an Amerasian ; Who can start the process ; Who will serve as a sponsor? ; How to file ; Where to file -- Your brothers and sisters as immigrants. Who counts as your brother or sister ; Quick view of the application process ; Detailed instructions for the application process ; What happens after filing form I-130 -- Refugees and political asylees. Who qualifies ; Who is barred from qualifying ; How to apply for refugee status ; How to apply for political asylum ; If your asylum application is denied ; Asylees can bring overseas spouses and children to the United States ; Getting a green card after asylum approval ; Revocation of asylee status ; Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ; Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) -- Military veterans and enlistees. Who qualifies to apply for citizenship without a green card ; Who qualifies for permanent residence -- Registry : for those in the U.S. since 1972. How you got here is irrelevant ; Short absences allowed ; How to file ; Additional documentation required ; Approval of registry -- Cancellation of removal : do ten illegal years equal one green card? Applying in court proceedings ; Who qualifies for cancellation ; Who is not eligible for cancellation ; Preparing a convincing case ; How to
Statement of responsibility:
by Ilona Bray and Loida Nicolas Lewis ; updated by Ruby Lieberman
Characteristics:
334 p. :,ill. ;,28 cm.
Author (Original Script):
Bray, Ilona M.
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