How to Get a Green Card [Paperback]

Loida Nicolas Lewis (Author), Len T. Madlansacay (Author), Loida Nicolas Lewis (Author)

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Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: NOLO; 6th Updtd edition (April 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1413301827
ISBN-13: 978-1413301823
Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.1 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 590 g

Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,671,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15 in Books > Reference > Education > Citizenship

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With green cards at a premium, it's essential that people know all that's required to get these much soughtafter documents. This book presents ways to get a green card through: parents, siblings and adult children; spouses or fiancées; employers; green card lotteries; political asylum or refugee status. Includes lists of more than 400 groups that help with paperwork and offer counseling and legal referrals.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Shows your options and helps to make decisions, Sep 6 2002

Lenny (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Get a Green Card: Legal Ways to Stay in the U.S.A. (Paperback)

I believe this book may be of interest to many readers.
First of all, it explains how visitors from abroad can legally prolong their stay in the USA. It's possible to apply for an extension of one's visitor's status without leaving the USA. And this book guides well through this procedure.
Secondly, those who are interested in applying for a green card, should find the most suitable category if they want to succeed. The book describes qualifications and outlines the application process for each of them.
Many people don't know that they may be inadmissible for one or another reason even if they otherwise meet all the green card applicant requirements. Someone already in the US, and still may not be allowed to proceed if he or she falls into one of the inadmissible categories - as a violator of immigration rules in the past or for health reasons, for example. Some people find this out only after passing a medical exam. But you may want to learn about the regulations in advance. The book covers this issue in detail, including who and how can apply for a waiver of inadmissibility.
Another sensitive chapter is on cancellation of deportation. How and in what cases this may be done...
Also, you'll find some important information on how and who is eligible to claim status as a refugee or political asylee.
In all, I think the book is pretty informative and filled with practical advice. It's also easy to read and understand.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Badly written book, Mar 4 2002

Dr. Ufuk Demiroglu (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Get a Green Card: Legal Ways to Stay in the U.S.A. (Paperback)

There is an enormous amount of detail in some apparently unimportant topics (for example on how to get a green card for your maid) and very little on very important ones (for example on labor certification). The topic of labor certification is a subsection in the chapter for "Live-In Domestic Workers" !

This book may be good if you are trying to get a green card for your maid, though.

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2.0 out of 5 stars mahfouz in usa, Oct 25 2001

mahfouz (mansoura,cairo,egypt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Get a Green Card: Legal Ways to Stay in the U.S.A. (Paperback)

i wish going to usa to be with my brother hosam

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