Green Card,
adalah kartu identitas yang menunjukkan bahwa seseorang berhak untuk
tinggal dan bekerja secara sah di Amerika. Green Card merupakan proses
imigrasi untuk menjadi warga negara Amerika. Green Card menjadi bukti
bahwa seseorang sudah berhak atas keuntungan-keuntungan imigrasi termasuk
hak-hak tinggal, bekerja, sosial dan fasilitas negara di Amerika. Pemegang
Green Card harus mempertahankan statusnya berdasarkan kondisi-kondisi
tertentu, dan Green Card-nya dapat dicabut kapan saja bila kondisi-kondisi
tersebut dilanggar.
Green Card dikeluarkan oleh
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) atau Pelayanan
Imigrasi dan Kewarganegaraan Amerika Serikat.
Saat aplikasi Green Card sedang
berjalan, dan pengaju ingin bekerja secara legal di Amerika, Izin kerja
sementara (EAD atau Work Permit) diperlukan. Jika si pengaju ingin
bepergian keluar negeri, dokumen perjalanan (travel document) diperlukan supaya bisa
kembali ke Amerika.
Formulir untuk mengajukan Green Card:
Download I-485
Instruksi untuk mengisi Formulir :
Download Instructions for Completing Form
I-485 |
|
 United
States Permanent Resident Card, also green card, is an
identification card attesting the
permanent resident status of an
alien in the
United States of America. Green card
also refers to an immigration process of becoming a permanent resident.
The green card serves as a proof that its holder, a Lawful Permanent
Resident (LPR), has been officially granted immigration benefits, which
include permission to conditionally reside and take employment in the USA.
The holder must maintain his permanent resident status, and can be removed
if certain conditions of such status are not met.
Green cards were formerly issued
by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS). That agency has been absorbed into and replaced by the
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
(BCIS), part of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Shortly after re-organization BCIS was re-named to
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS).
An alien with a green card
application can obtain two important permits while the case is pending.
The first is a temporary work permit known as the
Employment Authorization Document (EAD),
which allows the alien to take employment in the United States. The second
is a temporary travel document,
advance parole, which allows the alien to
re-enter the United States. Both permits confer benefits that are
independent of any existing status granted to the alien. For example, the
alien might already have permission to work in the US under an
H1-B visa.
The official name of the card
is Permanent Resident Card (form I-551). The name "green card" comes from
the fact that the predecessor, Alien Registration Receipt Card (form
I-151) introduced at the end of World War II, was printed on green paper.[1]
Form I-551 was adopted in 1977 and has been printed on paper of various
colors, none of which were green, but the term "green card" has
nonetheless remained in use. As of January 2008, the card is mostly
yellowish-white and the only prominent green feature is the background of
the lettering on the back. A card includes the holder's name and
photograph, and other information, and has been updated over the years
with numerous
anti-counterfeiting devices. |