What is an alien card number? Permanent Resident Cards are also known as Form I-551s or Green Cards. Each Green Card that USCIS issues to a permanent resident now has an Alien Registration Number on both the front and back. Officially, an A-Number begins with an A and is followed by seven, eight or nine […]
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A permanent resident card, commonly called the Green Card, is issued to foreign nationals who are granted permanent resident status in the U.S. and are allowed to legally live and work here. One can get a Green Card through employment, family relationship, investment, refugee or asylee status or through the Green Card lottery. Family-Based Green
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2018 and 2019 DV Lotteries were not canceled. The Green Card lottery program will not be cancelled until the U.S. Congress decides to pass a law to put an end to it. If you wish to enter the lottery this year, you may enter the 2020 Green Card lottery. Registrations for the DV lottery usually
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President Donald Trump is calling for the end of the Diversity Visa Program. The announcement came in a tweet just hours after an immigrant from Uzbekistan drove a truck into innocent bystanders in Manhattan. Fox News reports the FBI says the driver killed eight people in the attack. Law enforcement officials say the suspect committed
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The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is often simply called the Diversity Visa Lottery or DV Lottery. President George H. W. Bush signed it into law in 1990 as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Through the program, each year, the U.S. Department of State issues up to 50,000 immigrant
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Applications to enter the DV-2019 program (Green Card Lottery 2019) will be accepted by the U.S. Department of State between “Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-4)”. Under this DV lottery program, commonly known as the green
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Lots of talk has been circulating in the U.S. government about reforming the immigration system and putting the Green Card Lottery on the chopping block. Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue proposed the RAISE (Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy) Act in early February which would put an end to the Green Card
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A permanent resident card, commonly known as a green card, must reflect the holder’s correct name. A green card is issued to new immigrants as proof of their legal resident status in the U.S. So it is important that this document has the holder’s correct name and other personal information like their date of birth. In
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For legal permanent residents of the U.S., the green card renewal process is not something that can be avoided. Green card holders need to get their green cards renewed every ten years. They can start the renewal process when their cards near their expiration dates. Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card needs to
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When should a green card be renewed? Permanent resident cards (green cards) are valid for just ten years. So the right time to apply for renewal is around 5 to 6 months from the date on which the card will expire. Applications for green card renewal must not be filed before six months from the
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