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: 12th edition.
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781413322552; 9781413322569
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Aliens; Green cards; Popular works
Other titles: Green card
Description: "A step-by-step guide to obtaining U.S. residency by various non-work related means, such as political asylum, the visa lottery or a family member"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "July 2016"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Immigration Then and Now; title: All 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 and Fiancée 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.