How to Get a Green Card
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United States Immigration: How-To Guides and Manuals
by: Llona Bray; Loida Nicolas Lewis
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The U.S. immigration system is an enormous bureaucracy. It's vital that you understand all the requirements for getting a green card before--starting your application -- making a mistake can ruin your chances. Fortunately, How to Get a Green Card provides everything you need to understand whether you're eligible, and then make it through the bureaucratic maze. Find out how to work with U.S. officials, how to prepare and present the right documents, and what to expect every step of the way. Learn the quickest way to get a green card through:
parents, siblings and adult children
spouses and fiance
green card lotteries
political asylum or refugee status
Contains the latest application procedures, laws and fees. It also shows how to find the latest required forms online, and provides filled-out sample forms.
Form I-102, Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document
Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance(e) (as used by an unmarried couple)
Form I-134, Affidavit of Support
Form DS-230, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration (as used by immigrating fiance)
Form DS-156, Nonimmigrant Visa Application (as used by immigrating fiance)
Form DS-156K, Nonimmigrant Fiance(e) Visa Application
Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (as used for an immigrating husband or wife)
Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance(e) (as used by a married couple)
Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
Form G-325A, Biographic Information
Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (as used for immigrating parents)
Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (as used for immigrating children)
Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship
Form I-600A, Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition
Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant
Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (as used for immigrating siblings of U.S. citizens)
Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal
Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition
Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant
Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust Status
Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
Form DS-2001, Notification of Applicant(s) Readiness
Form DS-230 Part I, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration
Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act
Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member
Form DS-230 Part II, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration
Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
Reviews:
There are MANY paths to a green card, they are complicated and subtle and only a couple of them will apply to a given individual. This book tries to cover them all in 350 odd pages, about a THIRD of which are photocopies of INS forms. This implies, of course, that depth of treatment is very light. If you have a question of any sophistication, you won't find the answer here. In my case I had a set of questions about the EAD (employment authorization document) and what exactly it permits, and was greeted by ONE paragraph which didn't even describe what it really is. On the important decision of Adjustment Of Status vs. Consular Processing I got no intelligent help. It leaned towards the AOS route without even mentioning that this could take you *3 years* to get through. (BTW, I found much more information on these topics online.) I can't figure out who this book is for. If it's for someone with an immigration attorney wanting an overview of the process, then I don't get why it has so many photocopied forms. If it's for do-it-yourselfers, the shallow treatment will at best give you a false sense of security that you know what's going on. If it's for an immigration professional, then the coverage of all cases might be nice, but again the shallowness will make it nearly useless. I do know that if you're taking an employment-based route to immigration, this book will be of little help.
It does not cover anything in depth, and wastes a lot of time talking about temporary visas, fiance visas (I thougt it was supposed to explain about greencards!), special greencards for amerasians (which is not a very common situation)... As for what I was really interested in, which was the green card application process for work-related reasons, there is a small, incomplete paragraph and a suggestion that I find an attorney!!!! Waste of money, useless -- if you want to get a green card, either find another book, check the INS website, or hire a lawyer, this book will not help at all.
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