How to Get a Green Card (eBook)

Ilona Bray, Loida Nicolas Lewis (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018 | 13., Thirteenth Edition
416 Seiten
Nolo (Verlag)
978-1-4133-2538-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The best friend of anyone who can’t afford an attorney, and who lacks high-level job skills, but who needs to research eligibility for permanent status in the U.S. and how to apply for it.

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Immigration is often in the news, but few people understand who is actually able to apply for a U.S. green card. Many who do apply are denied. This book offers a helpful, step-by-step guide to discovering whether you match one of the green card categories available for people with no U.S. job offers, such as through family relationships, asylum, the visa lottery, and more.



The book takes readers through the entire application process, with the help of handy checklists of required forms and documents, tips for avoiding mistakes and dealing with legal complications and bureaucratic holdups, and sample forms.



This edition is completely revised to reflect the latest laws, contact information, and fees, plus critical new procedural information based on recent actions by the Trump Administration.



This book is not appropriate for people seeking temporary visas to the U.S. (such as tourist or student visas) or work-related green cards.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2018
• Zusatzinfo: Black & White Graphs, Charts & Tables
• Verlagsort: Berkeley
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 1-4133-2538-6 / 1413325386
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4133-2538-6 / 9781413325386