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010 $a 2009037849
020 $a9781413311037 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aKF4840$b.L49 2010
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100 1 $aBray, Ilona M.,$d1962-
245 10 $aHow to get a green card /$cby Ilona Bray and Loida Nicolas Lewis.
250 $a9th ed.
260 $aBerkeley, CA :$bNolo,$c2010.
263 $a1003
300 $ap. cm.
505 0 $aYour immigration companion -- Types of green cards we cover -- How much you can do without a lawyer -- Using this book -- Immigration then and now -- America's earliest settlers -- Early immigration restrictions -- Today's immigration laws -- Looking forward -- All the ways to get a green card -- Family-based relationships -- Employment-based relationships -- Special immigrants -- Entrepreneur immigrants -- Asylum and refugee status -- Diversity visa lottery -- Amnesties -- Short-term alternatives to a green card -- How do foreigners enter the United States? -- Types of visas --Tourists who can visit without a visa --The importance of staying legal -- How to extend a visitor visa -- Changing your reason for staying -- What to do if your application is denied --Tips on filling out form I-539 -- Will inadmissibility bar you from getting a green card? -- What is inadmissibility? -- The possibility of waiving inadmissibility -- Reversing an inadmissibility finding -- Most troublesome grounds of inadmissibility -- How long you'll have to wait -- Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens : no waiting -- Relatives in preference categories : longer waits -- Dealing with the wait -- Can you predict how long you'll wait? -- Revocation of a petition or application -- Fiancé and fiancée visas -- Who qualifies for a fiancé visa -- Quick view of the fiancé visa application process -- Detailed instructions for the fiancé visa application process -- How to bring your children on a fiancé visa -- Marriage and after -- Green cards through marriage -- Who qualifies -- Special rules in court proceedings -- Quick view of the marriage-based green card application process -- Detailed instructions for the marriage-based green card application process -- Bringing your children -- If your marriage is less than two years old -- If you marry again -- Common questions about marriage and immigration -- Your parents as immigrants -- Who qualifies to petition for their parents -- Who qualifies as your parent -- Quick view of the application process -- Detailed instructions for the application process -- Child immigrants -- Who qualifies -- Definition of "child" -- Quick view of the application process -- Detailed instructions for the application process -- Automatic citizenship for some children -- Orphan immigrants -- Who qualifies as an orphan child -- Who can petition for an orphan child -- Pre-adoption requirements -- Starting the adoption process -- After the petition is approved -- Filing for a visa -- Automatic citizenship for adopted orphans -- The diversity visa lottery -- Who qualifies for the lottery -- How to apply for the lottery -- After you win-the green card application -- How to bring your spouse and children -- Amerasian immigrants -- Who qualifies as an Amerasian -- Who can start the process -- Who will serve as a sponsor? -- How to file -- Where to file -- Your brothers and sisters as immigrants -- Who counts as your brother or sister -- Quick view of the application process -- Detailed instructions for the application process -- What happens after filing form I-130 -- Refugees and political asylees -- Who qualifies -- Who is barred from qualifying -- How to apply for refugee status -- How to apply for political asylum -- If your asylum application is denied -- Asylees can bring overseas spouses and children to the United States -- Getting a green card after asylum approval -- Revocation of asylee status -- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) -- Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) -- Military veterans and enlistees -- Who qualifies to apply for citizenship without a green card -- Who qualifies for permanent residence -- Registry : for those in the U.S. since 1972 -- How you got here is irrelevant -- Short absences allowed -- How to file -- Additional documentation required -- Approval of registry -- Cancellation of removal : do ten illegal years equal one green card? -- Applying in court proceedings -- Who qualifies for cancellation -- Who is not eligible for cancellation -- Preparing a convincing case -- How to file -- Approving your application -- Additional forms of cancellation of removal -- Adjustment of status -- Who is allowed to use the adjustment of status procedure -- People who can't adjust status at all -- How to file -- After you apply -- Interview and approval -- Consular processing -- How your case gets to the consulate -- Forms and documents you'll need to provide -- Attending your visa interview -- Approval of your immigrant visa -- Arriving in the United States -- Private bills -- What is a private bill? -- How a private bill is passed -- Acquiring citizenship through U.S. citizen parents -- Who qualifies for acquisition of ctizenship -- Obtaining proof of U.S. citizenship -- Dual citizenship -- Filling out and submitting immigration applications -- Don't give false answers -- Get the latest forms and fee amounts -- Tips for filling out forms -- When additional proof is required -- Submitting photographs for identification -- Fingerprinting requirements -- Keep your own file -- Tips for filing applications -- Tracking your application through the system -- Understanding the USCIS culture -- Where to go -- Inquiring about delays -- Speeding up processing in emergencies -- Reporting wrongdoing -- Keeping, renewing, and replacing your green card -- Renewing or replacing your green card -- When the immigration authorities can take away your card -- Planning to apply for U.S. citizenship -- How to find and work with a lawyer -- Where to look for a lawyer -- Deciding on a particular lawyer -- Paying the lawyer -- Managing the lawyer -- Firing a lawyer.
650 0 $aAliens$zUnited States$vPopular works.
650 0 $aEmigration and immigration law$zUnited States$vPopular works.
650 0 $aGreen cards.
700 1 $aLewis, Loida Nicolas.