CLOSURE: Central Library will be closed Tuesday, July 21, through Saturday, July 25, while emergency repairs are made to the building’s cooling system. We expect to reopen Monday, July 27. Click for more details on holds, program schedules, and returns during the closure. 

Book

How to get a green card

Call Number

  • 342.082 B8271 2018 (EAS)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

13th edition.

Publication Information

Berkeley, California : Nolo, 2018.

Physical Description

418 pages : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm

Summary

Provides information on how individuals that lack employer-sponsors can qualify to obtain permanent U.S. residence.

Contents

  • Immigration then and now
  • All the ways to get a green card
  • Short-term alternatives to a green card
  • Will inadmissibility bar you from getting a green card?
  • How long you'll have to wait
  • Fiancé(e) visas
  • Green cards through marriage
  • Your parents as immigrants
  • Child immigrants
  • Orphan immigrants in non-hague-convention countries
  • The diversity visa lottery
  • Your brothers and sisters as immigrants
  • Refugees and political asylees
  • Military veterans and enlistees
  • Cancellation of removal : do ten illegal years equal one green card?
  • Adjustment of status
  • Consular processing
  • Deferred action for childhood arrivals
  • U visas for crime victims assisting law enforcement
  • Acquiring citizenship through U.S. citizen parents
  • Filling out and submitting immigration applications
  • Tracking your application through the system
  • Keeping, renewing, and replacing your green card
  • How to find and work with a lawyer.

Subjects