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[12:07.00]The last reading.
[12:10.27]Getting a Green Card
[12:13.20]A green card is an official document
[12:16.68]identifying a person as a permanent resident of the United States.
[12:21.28]It does not give citizenship to the card holder
[12:24.98]but permit...

介绍： 版权归原作所有，仅供此学习，若有侵权请告知删除。
[12:07.00]The last reading.
[12:10.27]Getting a Green Card
[12:13.20]A green card is an official document
[12:16.68]identifying a person as a permanent resident of the United States.
[12:21.28]It does not give citizenship to the card holder
[12:24.98]but permits him or her to live and work legally in the country.
[12:30.84]There are many ways to get a green card.
[12:34.32]One common way is through family members who have American citizenship.
[12:39.75]America gives special consideration to husbands, wives, children and parents of American citizens.
[12:48.01]Green card holders can also nominate their husbands, wives and children for green cards.
[12:55.31]A foreign citizen who has been offered a job in America can request a green card.
[13:01.71]The employer would serve as sponsor in that case.
[13:05.46]There are also green card qualifiers
[13:08.64]for some non-citizens who invest in America, and for refugees.
[13:14.34]Still all these paths leave out many people who want a green card.
[13:20.26]So, each year America carries out a lottery
[13:24.35]that provides about 50,000 green cards to lucky winners.