There are two type of marriage based green cards: 1. spouses of U.S. Citizens and 2. spouses of legal permanent residents. Green Card Marriage to Citizen Spouses of U.S. citizens are defined as “immediate relatives,” therefore do not have to wait for an immigrant visa number to become available once the visa petition filed for them is approved by USCIS. Instead, marriage green cards are immediately...

A Green Card is officially called a United States Permanent Resident Card, an identification card which shows that an alien individual has lawful permanent resident status in the United States of America. Lawful permanent residency status allows an individual important rights, including: the freedom to live permanently anywhere in the United States, and the freedom to work anywhere in the United...