The information on the US green card is mostly self-evident except for the computer and human readable signature at the bottom which is not evident.
1-2: C1 or C2. Resident within the United States means C1 Permanent Resident commuter (who is living in Canada or Mexico) means C2
3-5: USA refers to issuing country, United States of America
6-14: 9-digit number refers to A#, alien number
15: refers to receipt number of the application
16-30: refers to immigrant case number that resulted in the approved green card. The "<" symbol represents a blank space
1-6: refers to birth date (in YY/MM/DD format)
7: is assumed to be a check digit, not documented
8: refers to gender
9-14: refers to expiration date (in YY/MM/DD format)
15: is assumed to be a check digit, not documented
16-29: refers to country of birth
30: is assumed to be a check digit, not documented
Last name, first name, (this line is spaced with "<<" which means two spaces between the last name and first name) middle name, first initial of father, first initial of mother. The father's and mother's initials may be omitted if the length of the name is too long.
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No. A green card is issued to foreign nationals residing in the US.
Can you stay eight months out of US With green card ?
Until and unless you want to stay in US with a valid status you need to renew your green card.Once you get your green card you need to renew it every decade to make sure your stay in US is legal. After minimum 5 years as a green card holder in US if you are eligible you should apply for US citizenship. Once you become a US citizen you need not renew green card since only after you submit your green card in return you would get the naturalization certificate as proof of citizenship in US after all procedure and oath taking.
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The process to get green card can be through marriage,employment or through relative and should be petitioned for by the US citizen or green card holder spouse, employer or US citizen relative or green card holder in US respectively. Depending on the availability of the visas under the category you apply the time period to get a green card changes.
If you are in the US with a green card and you get into trouble by fighting or anything else, they can retract your green card. If that happens, you will be deported back to your original country.
You will not automatically get a green card if you get married in the US. After you fill out an application and get approved, you can then work. It could take years to get approved for a Visa.
The US Diversity Immigrant Visa program is also know as the Green Card Lottery because only a number of those that apply will receive a Green Card. Each year 55,000 people receive Green Cards.
As a green card holder staying in US you have the rights to live and work there. Apart from this you can also petition for your close relatives using Form I-130 for them to get green card. Above all after five years of being a green card holder if you are eligible you can apply for US citizenship.