Book

How to get a green card

Bray, Ilona M. 1962- (Author). Lewis, Loida Nicolas. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781413308525 (pbk.)
ISBN: 141330852X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
326 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: Berkeley : Nolo, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Immigration then and now -- All the ways to get a green card -- Short-term alternatives to a green card -- Will inadmissibility bar you from getting a green card? -- How long you'll have to wait -- Fiance and fiancee visas -- Green cards through marriage -- Your parents as immigrants -- Child immigrants -- Orphan immigrants -- The diversity visa lottery -- Amerasian immigrants -- Your brothers and sisters as immigrants -- Refugees and political asylees -- Military veterans and enlistees -- Registry: for those in the U.S. since 1972 -- Cancellation of removal: do ten illegal years equal to one green card? -- Adjustment of status -- Consular processing -- Private bills -- Acquiring citizenship though U.S. citizen parents -- Filling out and submitting immigration applications -- Tracking your application through the system -- Keeping, renewing, and replacing your green card -- How to find and work with a lawyer -- Sample filled-in forms.