Recent Posts in Green Cards Category

The Difference Between a Citizen & Permanent Resident

When it comes to daily life, there's very little difference between a permanent resident and a citizen, but the legal difference is enormous. While getting your green card is cause for ...

Stepchildren and Green Cards

A woman in the New York area is working to have her children approved for a green card as she is married to a U.S. citizen who is now their stepfather. According to reports, the stepchildren should ...

Tennis Player Pursuing U.S. Citizenship

South African tennis player Kevin Anderson is reportedly in the process of pursuing U.S. citizenship status. According to reports, he is allegedly in the process of obtaining a green card. As a ...

Decrease in U.S. Green Card Lottery Participants

The U.S. has reportedly seen a decrease in the number of people participating in the green card lottery. According to reports, there were reportedly only about eight million applicants this year while ...

Gay Couples Still Seeking Green Cards

A number of same-sex couples in the Cathedral City, California area are still seeking green cards in an attempt to avoid deportation. According to reports, these couples are going after an unlikely ...

Green Card Soldiers Want to Stay in U.S.

Green card soldiers are reportedly fighting to stay in the U.S. right now as they are not technically U.S. citizens or completely legal. People who enter the military sometimes believe it will lead to ...

City Allows Green Card Voters

Brookline, Massachusetts has started to allow green card holders to vote. According to reports, the area has passed a measure that will allow legal immigrants to vote in local elections. The people ...

Tax Laws Making Green Cards Unappealing

According to reports, in India, U.S. green cards are becoming undesirable as the tax laws in the U.S. create many burdens. Now, many Indians are giving up their privileges to avoid being taxed on ...

Pastor May Face Deportation

A pastor is now facing deportation despite the fact that he has been a legal permanent resident since 1988. Hector Villanueva was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to his past ...

Soccer Play Receives Green Card

Jamison Olave has received his U.S. green card which will grant him permanent resident status in the U.S. effective immediately. With his new status, Olave will no longer be an International Player on ...

Gay U.S. Citizen Seeking Residency for Foreign Spouse

Greg Nardi, a U.S. citizen, lives in Miami Beach with Juan Carlos Galan, a Panama-born computer expert. The two men would like to get married, which would then help Galan get a green card. Now, there ...

Actress Receives Green Card

Rebecca Mader, a British actress on "Lost," has received her green card and now plans to apply for American citizenship as soon as she can. According to reports, she has been in the U.S. for about ten ...

Green Cards Face Fee Hike

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will raise fees an average 10% on green cards and other immigration benefits in order to close a projected $200 million budget deficit. The cost of ...

Israelis Giving Up U.S. Citizenship

Israelis are finding that having a Green Card in the United States often brings with it a close relationship with the IRS. A number of Israelis are now facing indictment in UBS matters as a result. ...

Americans Giving Up Citizenship Due to IRS

Many American citizens and green card holders are giving up their citizenship because of the U.S. tax increases and aggressiveness of the IRS toward Americans living overseas. Over 500 people ...

Commissioner Alleges to Holding U.S. Citizenship

The Democratic Progressive Party Legislator is stating that the Taitung County Commissioner holds citizenship in the U.S. The man reportedly obtained a U.S. green card as a dependent in 1988 and then ...

HIV Positive Foreigners Now Allowed to apply for Green Cards in U.S.

Earlier in November, the federal government declared that foreigners who had tested positive for HIV would now be allowed to visit the country and to apply for green cards. Prior to this declaration, ...

Seattle Man Charged with Green Card Fraud

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a nightclub owner in Seattle is facing criminal charges for helping immigrants obtain fraudulent green cards. Marcos Neumann Garcia was arrested Monday on ...