Talk:United States Permanent Resident Card

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

If a foreign person receives a Permanent Resident Card, may he or she own it for all time, even if that persons never lived or lives in the USA? --Abdull 14:46, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Actually you have to live for 6 months of a year in united states to maintain the "status" - ASH ARORA

NOT true! The 6 months rule is only relevant if you want to maintain continuous residence to be able to apply for naturalization. To maintain the greencard, you must not stay outside the US for more than 365 days at once. However, in order to even get it, you must travel to the US. You don't just get the greencard in the mail, you have to activate your visa. In addition, if you only go to the US once a year to keep your status, immigration officials WILL eventually take it away. It is intended for LIVING in the US, not for keeping it in a drawer in another country Denial land 18:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] I-9 required for 1099-MISC Green Card Holder?

Is form I-9 required when signing a contract with an Independant Contractor on a 1099-MISC basis? This worker is not considered employee of the 'hiring' company....

if you are in the US with a Work VISA and not a permanent resident, you can't work for anybody else but your Sponsor (company that got you the VISA). This includes contractor work. ANY work for ANYBODY else than your sponsor violates your VISA restrictions and could cause a problem with your Green Card Process (if you started one). --roy<sac> Talk! .oOo. 12:19, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
The response to the question is correct, you cannot work as an independant contractor using on a 1099-MISC if you are on a H1B.
But it is not necessaily true in all cases if you are working as a Contractor through the employer who you have the h1B with, though there are special provisions required for the company you are contracting at to post your wage rates at their workplace depending on how many days you work at locations other than your H1B employer.
RichardLetts 23:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Richard. That is of course true. As a matter of fact, a lot of foreigners that come to the united states via a H1B visa are hired to be a consultant. --roy<sac> Talk! .oOo. 17:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Traveling

I am a permanent resident & i have lived in the US since I was 2 years old (28 now). I want to travel to Mexico City for vacation, is my permanent resident card all I need to leave & return to the US? Or what other documentation do I need? Thanks, Claudia

You need a passport (where you are citizen) plus your green card to re-enter the United States. The Green Card is a PERMANENT VISA and no substitute for a Passport and also not for an ID. --roy<sac> Talk! .oOo. 12:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Loss of Green Card

What ways can this status be lost? I think the article should include this. Additionally, does marriage to a US Citizen affect this at all? (For example, if someone with a green card marries a US citizen, then leaves the country with their American spouse for two years, and tries to come back, will they be able to retain their green card?) The Jade Knight 05:50, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

http://www.immihelp.com/greencard/retain-greencard.html Gsd2000 23:53, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
I believe they can retain the green card if the US spouse has been ordered overseas to work (whether military or a company transfer) but otherwise no.

[edit] Application process for non-employment-based green card?

It seems we need a segment on the process for getting a green card other than by employment, for example by marriage or other family-based immigration. I'm not sure I'm confident enough to write one, though.

RichardLetts 22:55, 29 November 2006 (UTC) I am not sure we should include the details of the application process in wikipedia. the USCIS web pages are up to date and clear to read (not only that, nbut it's one of the first links off www.uscis.gov). any information here would either be out of date, or a duplicate of what is elsewhere.
I'd propose removing the appliction process for employment-based green cards instead.
the article should only be brief to the individual subjects and then reference to good resources that have the details. Things are very complex and are constantly changing too. Because they are so complex is it good to have a brief summary available, because not everybody wants to become an immigration lawyer :) --roy<sac> Talk! .oOo. 17:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../u/n/i/Talk%7EUnited_States_Permanent_Resident_Card_c072.html"