How to Get a Green Card

How to Get a Green Card

by Ilona Bray J.D.
How to Get a Green Card

How to Get a Green Card

by Ilona Bray J.D.

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Overview

The ultimate green card guide

Find out about the most promising opportunities for U.S. lawful residence and how to handle the complex application procedures in How to Get a Green Card. This book has helped countless immigrants over the years—especially ones not lucky enough to have an employer sponsoring them. You’ll find out how to work with U.S. officials and prepare and present the right documents at the right time to get a green card through:

• parents, siblings, or adult children

• a U.S. spouse or fiancé

• green card lotteries (diversity visa)

• political asylum or refugee status

• a U visa for crime victims, or

• another category you might qualify for.

Best of all, you’ll learn how to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls that can cause major delays or ruin your chances for success.

The 16th edition covers immigration fee changes, raised income requirements for immigrants, and the latest on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). It also includes filled-in samples of all key application forms.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781413331868
Publisher: NOLO
Publication date: 05/28/2024
Edition description: 16th ed.
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 1,115,494
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ilona Bray, J.D. is an award-winning author and legal editor at Nolo, specializing in immigration law, real estate, and nonprofit fundraising. Many of her books are consistent Nolo bestsellers, among them Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits, U.S. Immigration Made Easy, and Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home. She particularly enjoys interviewing people and weaving their stories into her books.








Bray's working background includes solo practice, nonprofit, and corporate stints, as well as long periods of volunteering, including an internship at Amnesty International's main legal office in London. She received her law degree and a Master's degree in East Asian (Chinese) Studies from the Universityof Washington. In her spare time she enjoys writing children’s books, going to open houses, and gardening.

Table of Contents

Your Immigration Companion 1. Immigration Then and Now 2. All the Ways to Get a Green Card 3. Short-Term Alternatives to a Green Card 4. Will Inadmissibility Bar You From Getting a Green Card? 5. How Long You’ll Have to Wait 6. Fiancé and Fiancée Visas 7. Green Cards Through Marriage 8. Your Parents as Immigrants 9. Child Immigrants 10. Orphan Immigrants in Non-Hague-Convention Countries 11. The Diversity Visa Lottery 12. Your Brothers and Sisters as Immigrants 13. Refugees and Political Asylees 14. Military Veterans and Enlistees 15. Cancellation of Removal: Do Ten Illegal Years Equal One Green Card? 16. Adjustment of Status 17. Consular Processing 18. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 19. U Visas for Crime Victims Assisting Law Enforcement 20. Acquiring Citizenship Through U.S. Citizen Parents 21. Filling Out and Submitting Immigration Applications 22. Tracking Your Application Through the System 23. Keeping, Renewing, and Replacing Your Green Card 24. How to Find and Work With a Lawyer Index

Interviews

While practicing immigration law, I helped hundreds of people obtain immigrant visas and green cards. Like other attorneys, I couldn’t believe how complex both the laws and the bureaucratic procedures were. There are simply too many ways for green-card applicants to make mistakes, and U.S. immigration officials sometimes further complicate matters by making mistakes of their own! Having switched from active law practice to writing, I am committed, with the help of a team of updaters, to making sure the average person, who lacks an employee sponsor, can understand the most likely ways to gain U.S. residence—as well as when and why it might be worth consulting with or hiring an attorney for assistance. This book has been popular with readers for many years, and we make sure that every edition is completely reviewed, updated, and improved.

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