What is a green card and how to handle it?

A green card is also called a permanent resident card of a country. If you want to apply for immigration to a country, you need to have a green card of a country.

For example, the American green card is an identity document, and the legal permanent residency of the green card holder is an official immigration benefit, including conditional permission to stay in the United States and get a job.

From student status to getting a green card to study in the United States, you need to know the conditions of a green card in the United States in advance. The general practice is to find a job after studying in the United States. The employer will change the student status of F- 1 to the employment status of H- 1B, and then apply for a work permit from the Ministry of Labor through the employer. After the work permit is approved, apply to the Immigration Bureau for immigration with the priority of the second kind of occupation. Apply for a green card after the immigration application is passed. Individuals with special abilities can be exempted from national interests and do not need to apply for a work permit from the Ministry of Labor.

Visiting scholars who apply for a J visa green card and hold a J-/KLOC-0 visa to the United States must return to their own country to live and work for two years after completing the scheduled study and research projects in the United States, which limits the way for such people to obtain permanent residence in the United States to some extent.

Apply for a green card for an L visa. Holders of American L-I visas can apply to the Immigration Bureau according to the first priority among professional immigrants, and do not need to apply for a labor card from the Ministry of Labor. Immigration procedures and processes are simple and the time required is much faster. L- 1 visa belongs to the manager or senior manager of a branch or other type of company established by a foreign company in the United States. Generally, American branches can apply for green cards for L-L visa personnel in the company, including managers of foreign parent companies, as long as they have been operating continuously for more than one year.

People with special abilities apply for green cards. For people with special abilities and some highly educated people, no matter what kind of non-immigrant visa they hold, they can apply for immigration directly through the way of "national interest exemption". As long as you have a master's degree or above and some scientific research results testify, you can apply for immigration directly to the Immigration Bureau.

Under normal circumstances, permanent residents (green card holders) can re-enter the country with a green card as long as they have been abroad for less than one year. However, if they leave the country for more than one year, their green cards are not enough to ensure their re-entry, and their green cards may be confiscated when they enter the country. Before leaving the country, green card holders should apply to the US Immigration Bureau for re-entry permit if the expected departure time is more than one year.