If I only need a Green Card to work then what do I need if I want to just live in the USA?
2006-08-23 03:11:08 · 15 answers · asked by ViJo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Embassies & Consulates
You need to become a citizen, otherwise the Gustapo will come and get you and torture you!
2006-08-23 03:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You do need a visa or a green card to reside in the US for any purpose, regardless of whether you intend to work or not.
If you do not intend to work, study, or invest in a business in the country, and you are not married to a citizen, green card, or work visa holder, then you will not be able to live in the US.
You can qualify for a green card as a retiree if someone within the first degree of relationship (a mother, father, husband, wife, child, brother, sister and possibly aunt or uncle) who is a US citizen agrees to sponsor you. This person will have to file an affadavit of support to guarantee that there will be enough money for you to live on when you get there, and the application process for non-spousal green card candidates takes a very long time.
You can qualify for an enterpreneurial visa if you have the ability to make a sizeable investment in the country.
If you believe that either of the situations above may apply to you, you should contact an immigration lawyer for further advice.
Best of luck!
2006-08-23 03:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by AmericanDreamer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes - you need a Green Card. To gain time go over for a holiday
and start the process right away, then leave it up to your brother
to follow up and call you when required to sign in. Green Cards are
normally issued for those working and can prove that they a job
in the USA but your brother will vouch for you (or give you a job)
and this should get you the required card. Good luck!
2006-08-23 03:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are retiring ( I can assume that you are in the 60's and your cousin also maybe in the same fourchette of age). therefore the door is half close.
My number one suggestion will be to play the Green card lottery, if you lucky and win your cousin can sponsors you.
-My second advice will be to enter the US with a visitor Visas (which will be the best way for you) and then maybe get married to an American woman, that will give you the right to obtain a Green card. However while applying for Visas PLEASE DO NOT MENTION YOUR INTENTION OF STAYING HERE NOR YOU ARE GOING TO RETIRED.
2006-08-23 18:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by PNP_BIOS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could come as a visitor, depending where you are coming from you may or may not need to obtain a visitor visa to do that, and once you are here you can apply to change your status. To do so you have to fulfill certain requirement. This website will be helpful with those issues.
www.uscis.gov
However, you should consider health care. Do you have a health care that is going to cover you in the US? Or you have enough founds to pay for your own heath care in the US? Needing medical treatment can cost you tens of thousands of dollars without insurance. And since you are planning to retire in the US, i'm assuming you are reaching the age when sooner or later you will need medical care.
Good luck!
2006-08-23 05:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by szubuti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will need a retirement visa first, once you retire or are soon to retire go to the consulate nearby and ask for a retirement visa because you want to retire in the US, if you can show you will have enough post retirement income so that you can live in the US then you will be given this visa and with it you can come to the US and live, eventually the visa allows you to gain a greencard (as part of the process) and after that you will be able to get citizenship like any other greencard holder.
2006-08-23 05:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by corpsnerd09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First you need a lot of money !
Then a big knock on your head !
and yes a green card will suffice ! green card is not just work permit. it designates you as a resident of USA, but not a Naturalised American . you nationality remains, but you may reside in the USA !
to get a green card , you have to show cause, that you need it, i.e , a lot of money to support yourself during your retirement and a big knock to show , you have lost it !
2006-08-23 03:21:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The green card allows you to stay and to work. Obviously you don't have to work but if you want to stay permanently then you need at least a green card. Citizenship is optional.
2006-08-23 15:31:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
2006-08-23 03:15:02 · answer #9 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you need. Without green card you can't be a citizen and work to earn more money for being. You can't just go and stay and eat without working .
2006-08-23 03:26:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you need a green card to reside and work in the U.S., otherwise you are living here illegally.
2006-08-23 03:17:23 · answer #11 · answered by nursingsec8066 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋