How to get a green card
By: Ilona Bray and Loida Nicolas Lewis ; updated by Attorney Kristina Gasson
Contributors: Lewis, Loida Nicolas, author; Gasson, Kristina, author
Edition: 13th edition.
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781413325379
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Aliens; Green cards; Popular works
Description: Provides information on how individuals that lack employer-sponsors can qualify to obtain permanent U.S. residence.
Notes: "July 2018"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Immigration then and now; title: All the ways to get a green card; 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(e) visas; title: Green cards through marriage; title: Your parents as immigrants; title: Child immigrants; title: Orphan immigrants in non-hague-convention countries; title: The diversity visa lottery; title: Your brothers and sisters as immigrants; title: Refugees and political asylees; title: Military veterans and enlistees; title: Cancellation of removal : do ten illegal years equal one green card?; title: Adjustment of status; title: Consular processing; title: Deferred action for childhood arrivals; title: U visas for crime victims assisting law enforcement; title: Acquiring citizenship through U.S. citizen parents; title: Filling out and submitting immigration applications; title: Tracking your application through the system; title: Keeping, renewing, and replacing your green card; title: How to find and work with a lawyer.