What benefits come with having a green card? Are there any restrictions?
85356
A green card will give you the status of permanent resident in the US. Which means you can permanently stay in the US.\nOther kinds of visa are temporary and after they expire you either have to leave the country or re-apply for a new visa.\n\nYou DO NOT have to carry it with you all the time. Only if you travel abroad. You will need to present it when you re-enter the US.\n\nA green card is valid for 10 years and will need to be renewed..pretty much like a passport. The renewal is just a matter of sending a single form..you don't have to go through the whole process again.\n\nHaving a green card is a mandatory step if you want to become a US citizen.\n\n\nRestrictions:\nYou are still an immigrant (actually a resident alien). So\nyou are subject to deportation if you mess up with the law.\n\nYou cannot and should not vote.
434575
Yes, I believe your employer can sponser you for a green card (though it isn't green!), if they can show that you are the most suited person for the job.  Visit the website \nhttp://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/ for details.\n\ngood luck!
19931
If you have a green card, you can work anywhere in the US.
226711
At least at the begining, part of your being allowed your green card is that you will not use these social welfare programs and thusly become a burden on the state otherwise your sponsor will be required to pay that back. I do not know if that ends when you are a premenant resident or if it doesn't until you are actaully a citizen.
673222
Generally, because you have a child who has the US citizenship due to the birth in the US, does not grant you the US citizenship at all.  I have not heard any cases due to a sole reason that a parent was granted the permanent residency status, because the child was the US citizen.  (I caution you that I do not practice immigration law full time, however)\n\nHaving said that, your status as being a student (assuming legally student for 5 years) should not affect your green card application status, barring some unknown facts.   I suggest you apply for the permanent residency through the work permit (H-1) or apply for the lottery program (50,000 slots every year for qualified applicants).
430927
Sure - a green card has nothing to do with marital status, it only affects a person's ability to legally reside and work in the US.
449154
An immigrant is anyone who moves his place of residence from one country to another.  You can come to the US temporarily for school or work on a temporary non-immigrant visa.  But if you want to stay permanently, you must apply for an "immigrant" visa (otherwise known as a green card).\n\nReceiving a green card is the final step of the process of immigrating to the United States from a another country.  It gives the holder the right to live and work permanently in the US.
770424
Well it helps if you have a work visa but if you are married to a US citizen it takes a little while before they give you your resident card that allows you to work. Have you tried talking to INS? check out this site....\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=1847c9ee2f82b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=1847c9ee2f82b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
778091
That is the application to get ur green card when u entered the US with different type of visa...working or visitor's visa..check uscis.gov  for more info
1131186
First off, here are some facts.\n\nThere are several different kinds of visas available for those that want a green card.  One is the "Diversity Visa," or lottery.  Another is as a family member of a Leagal Permanent Resident (somone who already has a green card).  Both of these visas are given out in limited numbers.  Because each country has a limit on the number of immigrants that we accept from there, there is a waiting list in some countries, although not all.  These waiting lists go by "priority date," or the date on which you filed your application.  For some countries there is no wait at all.  For other countries there can be a very long wait (last I hear the Philippines was the longest at 18 years).\n\nThere are also green cards given out on employment based applications and for relatives of American citizens, as well as a handfull of special programs that are intended to allow people with certain skills and in certain countries to immigrate in greater numbers.  To the best of my knowledge, there is no waiting list for these visas - you simply have to apply, go through your investigation, and get approved.\n\nIn addition to those visas, there are non-immigrant visas that are available.  These are more commonly known as working visas, or exchange program visas.  For all intents and purposes you live and work in the United States with all teh same rights and responsibilities as a green card holder.  These visas are based on your ability to fill a segment of the workforce here in America.   Basically you simply need to find an employer here in America and they can petition for your working visa.\n\nAs for is it fair that people have to wait - there is a simple concept that most of us learned in kindergarten.  It is called a line.  Sometimes you just have to wait in it.
26024
You can marry a US citizen. This is the easiest way to get green card.
1060456
I think you would work out any 'financial support' requirements in getting your visa or green card.  If Pancha is right and you are thinking of a 'gratuity' not only don't I recommend it, I recommend strongly AGAINST it. It is considered a bad thing to try to bribe an official over here.
861244
Once every year the US Immigration holds a "lottery" for entrance into the US which includes a Green Card. This lottery is run during the late summer, you can find out by contacting the Major Newspapers in your area, as the US runs these ads during that time. You will have to qualify  . Good Luck!
525476
I am not sure what you mean by a special election; but in order to get a Green Card, you need to follow the procedure of US INS. If you are an illegal alien, you wouldn't have SSN, and how could you pay taxes ? If you have paid, that would not be legal taxes. That's a great opportunity to get Green Card that you don't have  a criminal record. If you have an American family, they can apply for you G. C. by filing I130.\n Good Luck!!!
102992
These are good answers, although they assume you already have a permanent resident card. Is that your case?
5392
Yes there is a diversity lottery organized by the government that awards a green card to certain people who apply each year. Applicants from certain countries can apply through the the state website http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/\n\nThe website has all the requirements needed and the list of countries that can apply. Every year this can change and the deadline for this year has already passed. There is a number of green card granted for each country and this changes year by year.
432137
totally gets them a green card.  i never thought of that as a consequence resulting from the crackdown on illegal immigrants... that's pretty funny!