wanna apply for a green card but i'm over 21years of age and i've been attending school in the u.s since 1st grade. getting married is not an option
123468
just write to or go to the capital of your state and apply for one, its that simple
26617
I am sorry to say that not everyone who come to visit can get a US citizenship. There are requirement clearly stated in the website: www.uscis.gov \nThe key is to be here as a permanent resident for 5 years or three years if you married to a US citizen and then you can apply for a citizenship. To be a permanent resident doesn't come easy but if you exel in sports or science, you are sponsored by a company, or if you get married to a permanent resident or a US citizen you may have a chance to become a permamnent resident ( a process that can take up to two years).\n\nGood luck, it is certainly a great country.
619240
You probably first need a visa.  I don't know why you can't get a green card, but if you don't have one, or a student visa you'd be working in the country illegally, and that would cause you problems with employers...like them not paying you.
562002
Unfortunately if you are waiting for the laws to change for your husband status to change, then you might find your husband on the opposite side of the law. If you are married to him and you are a citizen or a resident why not file for him. Depending on the state that you live in, he could get his green card in 9 months or 2 years. Before he receives his green card, he will receive an EAD card which will allow him to work. This card is given to him within 90days depending on where you live. Isn't this the very reason why you want him to become a US resident? To work. Consider contacting uscis.gov or www.emichoice.com for assistance. At, emichoice, I know that the rates are fair and you dont have to pay anything until you get your documents. It cant get any easier. You do have the option of holding your breathe to see if he get's permission to work in the US for a period of time according to the laws that bush is trying to push on congress, or whether congress decides to make all persons here, who are illegal; felons, which was also suggested. Being married to you as a US citizen or resident does not make him legal and it does not give him any rights, if his I-94 is out of status.
663404
First try the Green Card Lottery. My wife got her Green Card that way. \n\nBasically you fill out a form online and the gov. chooses 50,000 entries who are given an opportunity to get a Green Card. It has been around for many years.\n\nWhen my wife did it she won it after 3 years of trying. \n\nIf you are married then you can both enter on your own. If one of you wins then both of you (because you are married) are given the chance to get the Green Card.\n\nIt is free to enter the lottery but if you win it costs about $600 to get all the paperwork and stuff together but it sure beats the thousands you might pay a lawyer to do it for you.\n\nIn all I know 7 people who have gotten their Green Cards that way.\n\nIf you choose to try it then DO NOT go through an agency to do it. It if 100% FREE to enter the green Card Lottery so why would you pay someone else to do it for you. It takes abour 10 minutes to fill out the form online.\n\nHere is the link to the details on the US Govt. site. \n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/divlott.htm\n\nOnce again - DO NOT pay someone or some company to do it for you.
326812
Generally, because you have a child who has the US citizenship due to the birth in the US, does not grant you the US citizenship at all.  I have not heard any cases due to a sole reason that a parent was granted the permanent residency status, because the child was the US citizen.  (I caution you that I do not practice immigration law full time, however)\n\nHaving said that, your status as being a student (assuming legally student for 5 years) should not affect your green card application status, barring some unknown facts.   I suggest you apply for the permanent residency through the work permit (H-1) or apply for the lottery program (50,000 slots every year for qualified applicants).
525850
Contact the local American consulate and ask them. I can tell you one thing, though: you're not a citizen automatically just because your wife is, but you do qualify for a green card.
428127
As long are you are in the country legally, and you have a green card, you can join the Army.\n\nMy husband was in the Army for 3 years and he just had his green card. He came here from Mexico in 1987.\n\nGood Luck!
450224
Well seeing how there are many people who have waited years before you you it could take a long while. That's if they don't get the ball going and start the process of getting those the green cards they need to become legal. You could always try to get a work visa.
573219
There is no easy way to become a U S citizen. If you have a skill which is in high demand in the United States and are NOT in the U S illegally, you can apply for a Visa as a skilled worker. Then you can work hard and hope you will eventually be granted citizenship. Alternatively, you can try to get an emigration visa from your home country, but the quotas set by the United States are usually very small, and the number  of applicants very large. \nThe old loophole of marrying a U S citizen has largely been closed.
69680
You need to get married before you will have a legally recognized relationship.  Once you are married you can tehn apply for him to immigrate to the US.  Alternatively, he (or you) can apply for a student or work visa (if either applies) that would allow him to live in the US.
676408
You may not do this as a permanent resident -- only as a U.S. citizen. The only thing you can do now (should you get married) is apply for an immigrant visa for him and then wait several years. In the meantime, he would not be able to come here, nor obtain work authorization.\n\nThe fastest way for him to get here is either (1) you naturalize and petition for a spouse's visa for him which would allow him to come here, get a work authorization, and apply for his green card, or (2) he immigrates on his own accord.\n\nGood luck!
198260
K-1 visa is the fastest way to get in the US. Your boyfriend needs to file a K-1 visa petition with USCIS, the petition then gets forwarded to the embassy of your country where you both need to go for an interview.\nK-1 visas are rarely turned down just make sure you stick to one story.\n\nOnce the visa is issued you have 6 months to go in the US, within 90 of you arrival in the US you need to get married and file for a status change, it'll take 6-12 months to get your green card.\n\nIf you get married in Philippines you can file for a green card directly with the embassy but you must wait in the Philippines until it is approved (may also take up to 1 year)\n\nK-1 is definitely the best option if you want to be in the US during the processing period.\n\nLastly, I must also stress that it sounds quite odd that you have just met (have you even met?) and already thinking about marriage. I'd be careful if I were you... a green card ain't worth it !
170822
You must file a I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. \nOnce the application is successfully and a visa number is available your children will receive permanent residency and after 5 years citizenship.\nYou did not mention if they were married or not. If your children are not married then they fall under category 1, if they are married they fall under category 3.\n\nThe current wait time for a permanent visa under category 1 is about 5 years, and under category 3 about 8 years.\n\nWhy did you not bring your children when you first came to the US ? Unfortunately, it is too late now... it'll take at least 10 years before they become citizens...
580178
Marry a US citizen, Come here on a visa and stay past the visa expiration,Go to Canada and sneak over the border. If you really want to be here you will find a way. You can also try applying for a work permit through homeland security the legal way..
66349
you can try to apply for the green card lottery, USA accepts 55,000 immigrant every year via that program.\nyou can apply in the last quarter of every year with no fees on www.dvlottery.state.gov, there is pay sites do that all the year for money.\nanother option: if she share you love and she accepts to marry you, she may send you invitation to visit USA and you the marry her when you arrive.\nyou can search for job in USA via yahoo jobs and they may give you a working visa.\nhope that may answer your question
58942
You will need to apply for a Visa although it is not going to look good that you have been living in the US illegally.  I would say you need to marry someone else or you may have serious problems.