How to get a green card / Ilona Bray and Loida Nicolas Lewis ; updated by Ruby Lieberman.

Author: Bray, Ilona M., 1962-

Edition: 10th ed.

Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2012.

ISBN: 9781413316872 (pbk.)
1413316875 (pbk.)
9781413317008 (epub ebk.)
1413317006 (epub ebk.)

Description: 336 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject: Aliens United States Popular works.
Emigration and immigration law United States Popular works.
Green cards.

Notes: Includes index.

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 -- Fiance and fiancee visas -- Green cards through marriage -- Your parents as immigrants -- Child immigrants -- Orphan immigrants in non-hague-convention countries -- The diversity visa lottery -- Amerasian immigrants -- Your brothers and sisters as immigrants - - Refugees and political asylees -- Military veterans and enlistees -- Registry : for those in the U.S. since 1972 -- Cancellation of removal : do ten illegal years equal one green card? -- Adjustment of status -- Consular processing -- Private bills -- 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.

Summary: "A step-by-step guide to obtaining U.S. residency by various non-work related means, such as political asylum, the visa lottery or a family member"--Provided by publisher.