Maintaining Permanent Residence

Maintaining Permanent Residence

You may lose your permanent resident status (green card) if you commit an act that makes you removable from the United States under the law, as described in Section 237 or 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (see the “INA” link to the right). If you commit such an act, you may be brought before an immigration court to determine your right to remain a permanent resident.

Abandoning Permanent Resident Status.

You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:

• Move to another country intending to live there permanently
• Remain outside of the United States for more than 1 year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
• Remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
• Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period
• Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns

Source: USCIS website

After a Green Card is Granted

A green card is issued to all permanent residents as proof that they are authorized to live and work in the United States. If you are a permanent resident age 18 or older, you are required to have a valid green card in your possession at all times. Current green cards are valid for 10 years, or 2 years in the case of a conditional resident, and must be renewed before the card expires.

A green card can be used to prove employment eligibility in the United States when completing the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. It can also be used to apply for a Social Security Card and a state issued driver’s license. A green card is valid for readmission to the United States after a trip abroad if you do not leave for longer than 1 year. If your trip will last longer than 1 year, a reentry permit is needed.

You have certain rights and responsibilities as a permanent resident. This section will give you a general idea of what these are and provide you with some other useful information related to your immigration status.

You may also wish to read Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants, a guide (in English and 10 other languages) containing practical information to help immigrants settle into everyday life in the United States, as well as basic civics information that introduces new immigrants to the U.S. system of government

Source: USCIS

Beware of SCAMs

Pemberitahuan ini kami sampaikan sehubungan dengan banyak nya penipuan yang terjadi seputar GreenCard Lottery.

Pada hari Rabu tanggal 3 Nopember 2010, penerimaan Lottery telah ditutup sampai adanya penerimaan lottery berikutnya.
Kami belum tahu kapan akan ada penerimaan lottery berikutnya. Harap sabar menunggu.

Apabila anda menyimpan kode konfirmasi applikasi anda, silahkan periksa kembali sekitar bulan MEI 2011 nanti di situs ini http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/

Silahkan bergabung dengan milis kami di GreenCardLottery YahooGroups untuk mendapatkan informasi lottery berikutnya.

Harap diperhatikan bahwa dengan menjadi anggota milis, kami tidak memasukkan aplikasi lottery untuk anda.

Apabila anda bertamu kerumah orang, pasti pemilik rumah akan bertanya siapa anda bukan ? Sama hal nya dengan milis kami, untuk menjadi anggota, kami minta perkenalan diri anda. Tanpa perkenalan, kami tidak akan menerima anda dalam milis kami.

Apabila anda sudah memasukkan aplikasi lottery anda tahun lalu dan anda menerima e-mail seperti contoh dibawah ini yang meminta pembayaran lewat transfer ke rekening bank, harap e-mail tersebut di buang saja. Jangan sampai anda tertipu.

Pihak pemerintah Amerika tidak mewakilkan pengurusan lottery ini kepada perorangan, perusahaan atau organisasi non pemerintah Amerika, baik di Amerika, Eropah atau di negara lain.

Surat panggilan yang sah akan dikirimkan melalui surat pos ke alamat anda dengan beberapa formulir yang harus diisi dan dikembalikan ke Instansi pemerintah Amerika yang sah atau ke Kedutaan Amerika di Jakarta atau Konsulat Amerika di Indonesia.

Setelah anda mengirimkan berkas surat2 tersebut, anda akan menerima panggilan wawancara di Kedutaan Amerika di Jakarta atau Konsulat Amerika di Indonesia untuk penentuan tahap terahir.

Pembayaran biaya visa akan ditagih sebelum wawancara anda di Kedutaan Amerika di Jakarta atau Konsulat Amerika di Indonesia.

Untuk mengikuti GreenCard Lottery tahap awal, anda tidak dikenakan biaya. Tetapi setelah anda terpilih sebagai pemenang lottery, untuk proses visa akan ada biaya DV Lottery Visa yang bisa dilihat informasi nya di situs ini http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1263.html

Semoga anda beruntung dan bisa mendapatkan Lottery tahun ini.

---

Just so that you know..... The US GreenCard Lottery, also called Diversity Lottery or DV lottery is currently closed. The last day to apply in 2010 was Wednesday, November 3, 2010.
Wait for the next one if you wish to apply for the lottery.

We do not have the information regarding the upcoming Lottery yet, but we will update the information on this website when the information becoming available later.

Please join our GreenCardLottery Mailing list to get update on the upcoming Lottery.

Please note that joining our mailing list does not means that we will send the application for you.

As if you are coming to someone's home, if you don't know the home owner, you will need to introduce yourself before you can come in, right ?
We do request your introduction prior to our acceptance to the e-group, simply because we do not want any stranger, an anonymous guest being a member that might be sending junk mail to the e-group. Without proper introduction, we will not welcome you to the group.

If you had submitted your application last year and receive an e-mail, asking for payment, please note that your e-mail notification is a SCAM. Do NOT send any money or give your information to any person in USA, Europe or anywhere else who ask for payment through the bank account.

Please continue to read the information below ...

BEWARE of SCAMS !

The above image is a sample of an e-mail SCAM that notify your winning lottery and asking for payment.

The US Immigration Department will NEVER send you an e-mail to notify you that you won your US Green Card Lottery or DV Lottery, asking for payment to be transfer to a person's bank account in USA or other countries.

Your winning notification will be coming by regular Post Office Mail. It will be an official letter from the US Department State along with an APPLICATION FOR IMMIGRANT VISA AND ALIEN REGISTRATION form http://travel.state.gov/pdf/DS-0230.pdf that you will need to fill in your BIOGRAPHIC DATA to start the process of your Lottery as a selectee.

Your notification will be mailed to your address sometimes in MAY 2011 or later. Most likely before August 2011. If you keep your entry confirmation number, you can check your selectee status in MAY 2011 or later on this website http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/

Once you received your official mail with the forms and instructions, please fill in and send it back immidiately with your personal information without any payment (yet) to the official US government office.

As a selectee, you will have to come in person to the US Embassy or US Consulate in your country when you received your schedule for an interview to finalized of your Lottery process.

The DV Lottery is FREE to apply online, directly through the DV Lottery website.
However once you are selected, it is not FREE to process your Final Immigrant Visa.
You will have to pay for the DV Visa fee, just before your interview at the US Embassy or US Consulate overseas or US Immigration office in USA

The official DV Lottery Visa Services fee is on this website: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1263.html

Thank you and Good luck to your DV Lottery application !