A US Green card is the term used for an official card that is issued to
the applicant by the US Government to allow the applicant to legally work
and live in the country of issue, in this instance, the US. The official
name for this so called card green US is the form I-551, it is also known
as the Permanent Resident Card, which in the past has also been called
the Alien Registration Receipt Card. In these days it is now referred
to as the card green US, not so much for the cards color today but for
the cards color in the past.
To apply for a card green US, you must follow the US immigration
process. This particular process has a few steps that must be followed
strictly in order to obtain a card green US. You have to be eligible for
the green card US under one of the many reasons to become a permanent
resident in the US. To become a resident of the US you could have a sponsor
fill in what is known as, an immigrant visa petition. It could be filled
in by an employer, which is a sponsor for you or by a relative. Some people
applying for a card green US may fill in the petition themselves, people
such as investors, priority workers and other such people.
Should you be applying for a card green US based on your
employment, then the employer you have in the US may also need to fill
in a labor certification request through the Department of Labor's Employment
and Training Admin. Should you already reside in the United States and
you are waiting for you card green Us, you will still need an immigrant
visa number to hand. Also if you already live in the United States, you
can also apply to change your permanent resident status when the immigrant
visa number is then available to you. If by chance you are not in the
United States when you receive your immigrant number, you then go to the
closest US Consulate to you to finish off applying for the card green
US.
Being successful in getting a card green Us depends on
some of the following factors, such as family reuniting, needing particular
working skills, creating employment and also for the refugees and asylum
seekers. There is also what is known as a lottery of visas, this is for
the applicants that come from some countries that are known to have low
numbers and rates of immigration to the United States of America. An immigrant
number will be available straight away for any one who has direct relatives
in the United States, therefore they are likely to get a card green US
quicker than most people. Other relatives have to then wait to get a card
green US based on the rolling preference system that the US use to hand
out their card green US.