Green card: A desire of every Non US resident
Green card is a card which changes the status of a Non US resident to a permanent US resident. It is basically named as "United States Permanent Resident Card" but informally popular as Green Card because of its green color. It is a sign of identification for foreigners, which attests the person's identity as US citizen. As the entire world knows that US is a progressing state. There are number of job opportunities available and the standard pay scale is encouraging. That's the reason why every alien desires to a have a Green card to make the life easier and enjoy all the rights as a permanent resident.
Now you will be probably thinking how to get a Green card. The answer is that you have to file a Green card application to have it. How to file a Green card application? It's not a difficult process to submit a Green card application. There are several options available for you to apply for a Green card. You may get it through an employer in US, family sponsorship, and green card lottery or by getting married a US resident.
Green Card application
There are some of the essentials of Green card application; it must include your full name, your date and place of birth, information about your native country, all the details of your spouse, mailing address and your initials. There is a three step process to submit a Green card application, and it usually takes two to three years to get a Green card. Firstly you have to file a petition to get a green card, this should be properly filled by the employer, qualifying relative or the resident to whom you got married. You have to wait for petition approval from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
After approval of Green card application, the second step for you is to an immigrant visa number from the United State Department and after this to apply for adjustment of status.
Citizenship application
Applying for US citizenship using Citizen Application is also called as the process of neutralization. The citizen application is also submitted to USCIS. The Citizen Application follows the following process. Firstly get citizen application manually from USCIS office or download it. Then complete the citizen application form honestly and submit it to the USCIS with two recent pictures according to the requirement.
After submission of application visit the office to give finger prints, exhibit basic command over English language, pass a test about history and US government and attend an answer question session to give prove about the things you have written in the citizen application form.
After the interview the USCIS will decide to grant, continue or decline citizen application request. In case of grant the person is accepted to be a US citizen, in continue situation the office continues to review the occurring problems and in case of declined the USCIS refuse to accept the person as US citizen.
The applicant can get the US citizenship information from the USCIS office or by visiting the website. All the related US citizenship information is available on the site regarding how to file the application, the issues to avoid, the essential requirements and all such that other information.
