The card would not in itself lead to permanent residence (a green card).
The waiting list for a permanent resident visa (green card) has been as long as 10 years.
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The undocumented could immediately apply for a special protective status to avoid deportation, but it would take them about eight years to get legal permanent residency (a green card) and another four or five years to become a U.S. citizen.
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He said he started the process of getting a green card a permanent residency status with sponsorship from Cisco and got one in 2008.
They get permanent immigration status, known as a green card, if they can document that at least 10 jobs were created after two years.
The only hurdle: The program requires him to have permanent residency status, also known as a green card.
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.
Advocates are also concerned that the bill requires certain goals on border security to be met before anyone can get a green card qualifying them for legal permanent residence and ultimately citizenship, and some say that the path to citizenship takes too long.
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.
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