标题：怎样拿绿卡
基本信息
美国永久居民卡（United States Permanent Resident Card），  亦称作绿卡（green card），是用于证明外国人在美利坚合众国境内拥有永久居民身份的一种身份证。“获得绿卡”则用于指称成为永久居民的移民过程。绿卡持有者的合法永久居留权是由官方授予的移民福利，其中包括有条件地在美国居留与获取工作的许可。持有者必须保持他的永久居民身份，如果该身份所需的某个条件不再满足时，持有者将可能失掉该身份。
内容简介
绿卡曾经由美国移民归化局（INS）负责发行。后来该局被合并进了美国国土安全部（DHS）下属的公民与移民服务署（BCIS），其职能亦由该局替代。在合并后不久，BCIS被改名为美国公民与移民服务局（USCIS）。
正在申请绿卡期间的外国人可以申请取得两项重要的许可证件。其一为授权就业卡（EAD），这种临时工作许可证允许该外国人在美国获取工作。其二为预先入境许可，这种临时旅行证明允许该外国人返回美国。两项许可证所赋予的权利均独立于该外国人被授予的任何现有身份之外。例如，拥有H-1B签证的外国人可能已经获得了在美国工作的许可。
出版信息
版本: 第9版
出版社: NOLO
书号: 978-1-4133-1103-7
目录
Your Immigration Companion
A. Types of Green Cards We Cover ................................................................................... 2
B. How Much You Can Do Without a Lawyer ........................................................... 2
C. Using This Book ..................................................................................................................... 3
1
Immigration Then and Now
A. America’s Earliest Settlers ................................................................................................ 6
B. Early Immigration Restrictions ...................................................................................... 7
C. Today’s Immigration Laws ............................................................................................... 8
D. Looking Forward ................................................................................................................ 10
2
All the Ways to Get a Green Card
A. Family-Based Relationships .......................................................................................... 12
B. Employment-Based Relationships ............................................................................ 13
C. Special Immigrants ........................................................................................................... 14
D. Entrepreneur Immigrants ............................................................................................. 14
E. Asylum and Refugee Status ......................................................................................... 14
F. Diversity Visa Lottery ...................................................................................................... 15
G. Amnesties .............................................................................................................................. 15
3
Short-Term Alternatives to a Green Card
A. How Do Foreigners Enter the United States? ..................................................... 18
B. Types of Visas ...................................................................................................................... 18
C. Tourists Who Can Visit Without a Visa ................................................................ 21
D. The Importance of Staying Legal .............................................................................. 22
E. How to Extend a Visitor Visa ...................................................................................... 23
F. Changing Your Reason for Staying ........................................................................... 24
G. What to Do If Your Application Is Denied .......................................................... 25
H. Tips on Filling Out Form I-539 ................................................................................... 25
4
Will Inadmissibility Bar You From Getting a Green Card?
A. What Is Inadmissibility? ................................................................................................. 34
B. The Possibility of Waiving Inadmissibility ............................................................ 34
C. Most Troublesome Grounds of Inadmissibility ................................................ 34
D. Reversing an Inadmissibility Finding ....................................................................... 45