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Posted by Andrei on May 12, 2000 at 19:56:30:
In Reply to: Re: Green Card posted by lesia on May 12, 2000 at 16:43:51:
In the US the green card that most people have does not expire at all. That is, the actual document needs to be exchanged every ten years, but the procedure is automatic- much like when you have to place a new picture in your Ukrainian internal passport when you turn 25 and 45- you cannot be denied. The only people who do have their first green card for two years are those who obtained it through marriage to a US citizen or permanent resident- after the first two years they need to prove that they are still living as a family, and that the marriage was not fraudulent (that is, primarily for immigration purposes). The people who got their Green Cards as investors also face a two-year conditional resident period, after which they have to prove the continuity of their investment in order to get a permanent Green Card. People who get Green Cards through work don't lose them when they stop working for that particular employer. However, in order to get US citizenship they need to either be working for that employer for 5 years, or prove that they lost the job through no fault of their own (in practice, the rules are applied rather liberally). I hope this helps.
: Thank you, P.G. I understand that the Green Card isn't a citizenship. But must you EVERY YEAR o every 2 years renew it? I speak about average people who won the Green Card.
: Why it is interesting for me? I don't want to live in USA or Canada. But here in Europe you ask a permission of recidence, and must renew this permission every gap of time. After 5-10 years (depend on the country) you can obtain a permanent permission or can adopt a citizenship. But in this 5-10 years you don't know if you will be given for another permission or not. Occure the same with the Green Card or it's something as an European permanent permission?
: : : Please, can you explain one thing? I suppouse what it is, but I have one doubd. If you receive a Green Card, you need renew it sometime or it is permanent? We here in Europe have only permission, and you can obtain a permanent permission only after 5 or even 10 years of life here. So this 5 year if you go to PMZH, you risk not to obtain one year the permission and have a lot of paper to do in Ukraine when you return...
: : Lesia,I can tell you,that in the US the citizenship can be denied,not the greencard itself(if it's won in the lottery either granted as a result of ,for instance,B-1 working visa,as I try to do myself now).The obtaining of the greencard takes a long while and it's better to do it inside the US,with a lawyer,because in Kiev there are a lots of people waiting and it isn't worthy to leave the country,risking not to return.The citizenship can be denied for the criminal record(frauds, drunken driving,fighting...),failure to work,etc