Yet our government treats as criminals those foreigners not lucky enough to win the green-card lottery.
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He came "a few years later" and was lawfully in the United States as a green-card holder.
The older brother was not a citizen, but was lawfully in the United States as a green-card holder.
He is one of an estimated 20, 500 "non-U.S. citizens" -- dubbed "green-card warriors" -- serving in the military.
Ismael had said that his mother, Nawal Abdel Aziz Nour, held a green-card residency permit but was not a U.S. citizen.
There are also a number of inconsistencies in the script, the most notable of which concerns Stahl's green-card marriage of convenience to a British TV producer (played by Elizabeth Hurley).
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In the annual State Department green-card lottery that awards permanent-resident status to prospective immigrants via random drawing, New York's government is very proactive in seeking out new immigrants and becomes home for 12% of lottery winners.
Launched in 1990 to promote diversity in the immigrant population, the green-card lottery is now open to people from almost anywhere in the world, except countries that already boast a large number of nationals in the U.S., including Mexico, China, India and the Philippines.
The government wants to introduce an American-style green-card scheme, but it seems implausible that it would allow in enough foreign workers to make up for the demographic shortfall, even if they all learned Japanese: by some estimates that would require about 600, 000 immigrants a year.
Without Congressional action, the current wait for an employment-based green card can be 5 to 20 years or more, depending on the country of origin.
Moreover, reform is needed for green cards (permanent residence), since newly sponsored skilled foreign nationals, particularly from India and China, could wait years or decades for an employment-based green card.
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Marie came to the Hutchinson Center in 2002 as a medical fellow in 2002, worked on an H-1B visa, and was sponsored for her employment-based green card by the center, becoming a permanent resident in 2008.
The actor is perhaps best known in the U.S., ironically, for his role in the movie, Green Card, co-starring Andie MacDowell.
Currently, individuals waiting for a green card often may be passed over for promotion or may hesitate to change jobs because such actions could trigger the need to re-start the green card process.
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But an H-1B visa or green card may not be available, and the wait can be years.
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Foreign physical therapists need to run a gauntlet of tests and procedures before even confronting the lack of an H-1B visa or green card.
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As of 2008, one-third of all Silicon Valley companies were founded or co-founded by Indian or Chinese nationals who were able to legally work in the U.S. with an H-1B visa or green card.
The final step would be to file for an H-1B visa or a green card.
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We should help foreign graduates and foreign professionals, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, through an increased number of available H-1B work visas and a STEM green card program.
"Fertility is absolutely a wild card, " says Laurie Green, an OB-GYN in San Francisco.
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McCaskill simply placed a personal call to Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, who issued this young woman a renewable, two-year work visa until her petition for a green card processes.
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Realistically, after several years--and assuming they have a clear record--these workers should be able to apply for a green card.
Even then, foreign physical therapists may find an H-1B visa is unavailable or the wait for a green card could take years, particularly for nationals of India and China.
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Firms hold off raises when the economy is bad, so if the anti-immigration argument was true we would expect to see more green card applications during poor economic times.
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Here's an idea that Democrats and Republicans can both support: Award any foreign-born student who graduates from a U.S. university a green card along with his or her diploma, as well as any immigrant who starts a business that grows to more than five people on the payroll.
And for a country who watched cockney-geezer Vinne Jones captain their national football team, Dougherty's Welsh green card is in the post.
Upon graduation, we can't afford to lose those high-skilled workers to a competitor nation simply because they can't get a green card.
Tabarrok suggests that visas like the EB-5 should be adjusted to count home purchases as an investment that earns a green card for the investor.
The conditional status would be removed and the green card awarded after two years if the individual satisfied the terms of the new EB-6 (employment-based 6th preference) visa by creating the required jobs.
Now a cafe owner and community group leader in New York City, Saleh is among a roster of immigrant activists, voting-rights advocates and lawmakers championing a proposal to give an estimated 800, 000 green card and visa holders the right to vote in city elections.
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