How to get a green card
By: by Ilona Bray
Contributors: Falstrom, Carl; Lewis, Loida Nicolas
Edition: 7th ed., updated / by Carl Falstrom.
Publisher: Nolo; NOLO
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781413305203
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Aliens; Green cards; Popular works
Description: Describes the different avenues through which one can obtain a green card, such as parents, siblings, spouses, and lotteries, and explains each process step by step, covering how to prepare one's documents and work with immigration officials. Includes sample forms.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: How to get a green card / by Loida Nicolas Lewis. 6th ed., updated and rev. / by Ilona Bray. 2005.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A look at immigration history; title: Overview of categories; title: Short-term alternatives to a green card; title: Will inadmissibility bar you from getting a green card?; title: How long you'll have to wait; title: Fiancé and fiancée visas; title: Green cards through marriage; title: Your parents as immigrants; title: Child immigrants; title: Orphan immigrants; title: The diversity visa lottery; title: Amerasian immigrants; title: Your brothers and sisters as immigrants; title: Refugees and political asylees; title: Veterans and enlistees; title: Registry : for those in the U.S. since 1972; title: Cancellation of removal; title: Adjustment of status; title: Consular processing; title: Private bills; title: Inside the immigration bureaucracy; title: Immigration forms : getting started; title: Keeping, renewing, and replacing your green card; title: How to find and work with a lawyer; title: Sample filled-in forms.