There are several Green Card benefits that don’t apply to the H-1B visa (or similar). A Green Card provides permanent residence status, which the H-1B visa does not. This allows for a more open-ended stay, as long as you  renew your Green Card once every 10 years.    It also allows the holder to pursue U.S. citizenship, which no visa does. Green Cards offer faster travel to and from the U.S. than visas do. As a permanent resident you can even sponsor your spouse and/or unmarried children to get Green Cards of their own.    You may also be eligible for government-sponsored education, as well as Social Security benefits (including SSDI, i.e. Social Security Disability Insurance), Medicare, unemployment benefits, federal loans and grants, and more. Green Cards also offer far fewer work restrictions than visas do. For example, if you are a student who is studying in America, you can work off-campus rather than just on-campus with a Green Card.