A green card is an identity card for a foreigner in the United States. It allows you to live in the country, work there and receive social services, you cannot just vote. If a person wants to obtain US citizenship, then the green card is an intermediate stage to this. It is necessary for everyone who wants to get a job in the United States or get an education there. After a person has lived in the country for 5 years on a green card (without leaving for more than six months), he can apply for American citizenship.
Instructions
Step 1
Technically, the easiest way to get a green card is to marry a US citizen. There are many dating agencies and dating sites where you can find US citizens looking to marry or marry foreigners. But this method has significant drawbacks. For the first 2 years of marriage, a foreigner receives a temporary green card, and if the marriage has not broken up after 2 years, then only then a permanent one is issued.
Step 2
Another fairly simple way to get a green card is to get an invitation from relatives. The main difficulty is that not everyone has close relatives in the United States, so the method is not suitable for everyone.
Step 3
Working in the USA is a completely legal way to get a green card, which is not limited in time. In order to get a job in America, you need to be a specialist. A company that agrees to take you as an employee must send a special invitation, guided by which, the embassy will issue you a work visa and a residence permit in the country. Coordination of all aspects of employment and visa processing takes on average about six months.
Step 4
Education is also a way to get a green card. To do this, you need to choose the university in which you are going to study, then you should go to the United States on a tourist visa and enter the chosen place. Only then is a student visa issued. After completing your studies, you earn a bachelor's degree. If the practice is completed with good results, the student can be left for OPT - Optional Practical Training. This is an official permit to work in the country for a year. If a graduate works well, and after a year the place remains for him, a work visa is issued for him. Here you need to immediately join the queue for the green card.
Step 5
A green card is issued to those who are able to obtain refugee status. According to the Geneva Convention, refugees have a number of characteristics, and if you meet them and can prove it, then it is quite possible to stay in the United States. The problem is that you need to confirm all the facts of infringement of your rights at home. Only when you are already in the United States can you apply to stay there as a refugee.
Step 6
There is another way in which you need to rely only on luck. This is a lottery. The USA annually draws about 50 thousand green cards for people from different countries. To participate in this draw, you need to read the rules for its conduct at: https://travel.state.gov/pdf/DV_2012_Instructions_Russian.pdf, then fill out the form located here:
