green card

[Güclü_oglan]

Hi bros

I wonder how the green card thing works, i've finished an education for a well paid job but i wonder how it works. Can you pay cash for it, or do you need to be a citizen etc... i've looked around alot for info on what it is but found none

 

[buffalo]

You have to apply for it through imigration. It allow's you to stay here while you wait to become a citizen. I think that's how it work's.

 

[riverrock]

Hi bros

I wonder how the green card thing works, i've finished an education for a well paid job but i wonder how it works. Can you pay cash for it, or do you need to be a citizen etc... i've looked around alot for info on what it is but found none

Basically, the Green Card system is a lottery. The US government will set a yearly quota of people it will issue Green cards to. It is generally 50,000 people. This is then divided into sub quotas where different countries and regions (e.g. Central America, or Eastern Europe) may be given more or less Green Cards. A computer picks the winners.

You must meet all criteria to get a Green card in that you must have a minimum standard of education, age, work experience, health, no criminal convictions etc. After "winning" a Green card you must pass a medical and then you have approximately 6 months to move to the USA upon final confirmation of your Green Card. 5 continuous years of paying taxes and you can apply to become a citizen. You'll be there 7 years by the time you get it, but you'll have most of the rights of a US citizen as soon as you get awarded one in the first place.

 

[Advisor_x]

Marry a US citizen...........easier

 

[foreigngirl]

if you are here in the states you can file application for adjustment of status and you might get it. If you are in Turkey, then its either the lotarry or marry a US citizen. Yea, you cant avoid the physicals and the shots and a proof that you havent been convicted. When you get your green card (through marriadge) its only temporary for 2 years. Before those 2 years expire, you have to apply and pay for the permanenet one. Even when you have permanent green card, if you stay out of USA for more then 6 months, you loose it. If you are married to US Citizen you have to wait 3 years before being able to apply for citizenship, otherwise 5 years to be ABLE to apply. With green card you have the same rights, but the voting - you cant vote and you still have to ask for VIsas if you wanna visit other countries

 

[Güclü_oglan]

thanks for the great reply!

 

[bittersuit_98]

I live in the U.S. under a green card. My wife is american (white anglo) and my son is mexican-american. It was a pain in the ass to get the green card. Being married to an american do not make things any easier. It took me about 2 1/2 years to get it and quite a bit a money, even though I applied for it since day 1 of my marriage. I got fingerprinted twice before becoming elegible to receive the G.C. You have to pay fees to apply for it, fees for the fingerprints, fees for medical examination (HIV, STDS, tuberculosis, etc) fees to shit in the INS' restrooms too. No wander why everyone wants to come to the U.S. ilegally. Paying all those fees doesn't mean that the GC will be granted, in fact, most GC's applications are systematically rejected. My understanding is that only about 6% of the applications from any given country are accepted, but not sure. This is some info that an in-law of mine passed on to me, since she works at an american embassy. If you have criminal record, even a traffic ticket...forget it, you're not going to get it.

 

[foreigngirl]

I live in the U.S. under a green card. My wife is american (white anglo) and my son is mexican-american. It was a pain in the ass to get the green card. Being married to an american do not make things any easier. It took me about 2 1/2 years to get it and quite a bit a money, even though I applied for it since day 1 of my marriage. I got fingerprinted twice before becoming elegible to receive the G.C. You have to pay fees to apply for it, fees for the fingerprints, fees for medical examination (HIV, STDS, tuberculosis, etc) fees to shit in the INS' restrooms too. No wander why everyone wants to come to the U.S. ilegally. Paying all those fees doesn't mean that the GC will be granted, in fact, most GC's applications are systematically rejected. My understanding is that only about 6% of the applications from any given country are accepted, but not sure. This is some info that an in-law of mine passed on to me, since she works at an american embassy. If you have criminal record, even a traffic ticket...forget it, you're not going to get it.

you probably got married in the States, right? Cause if she just went to your country and married you it would've been a lot easier

 

[scorpiogirl]

bittersuit 98-

As an American citizen I would like to THANK YOU for taking the "upstanding" channels to be here legally. All the fees you had to pay to get the GC are just a taste of the taxes every American citizen has to pay every year. Ain't NOTHIN' free here (lol) and we all have to deal with it whether we were born here or not.

So, thanks for contributing to this country as a US Citizen. Hats off to you!

 

[bittersuit_98]

you probably got married in the States, right? Cause if she just went to your country and married you it would've been a lot easier

Yes i married to her in Vegas. But It seems that it doesn't really matter where you get married. Inmgration laws are tough. I have a couple friends of us, she's american and got married to her husband in Mexico, and they've been married for 9 years. They are both really decent honest people with good incomes. Anyway, after so many tries, he just barely got a tourist visa last year. They're still trying to get a GC even though they don't want to move to the U.S. anytime soon.

 

[foreigngirl]

Yes i married to her in Vegas. But It seems that it doesn't really matter where you get married. Inmgration laws are tough. I have a couple friends of us, she's american and got married to her husband in Mexico, and they've been married for 9 years. They are both really decent honest people with good incomes. Anyway, after so many tries, he just barely got a tourist visa last year. They're still trying to get a GC even though they don't want to move to the U.S. anytime soon.

oh, shit, thats bad. I married my husband in Macedonia (ex-Yugoslavia) and got the green card (temporary one) right away. Then for the permanent there was another interview (and yes, the fees) and papers to prove that you are really married. Got in no problem. Now I am a citizen. Been married 7 years.
I have a friend that married here in the States and she had problems to obtain her temporary GC. She had to send them additional letters from people that her and her husband are really married.