Green Card Benefits

Green card or the LPR (Lawful Permanent Resident) promises with a huge package of benefits starting from the right to work and live permanently in the US. You can leave or enter the US at your own will without the fear of rejection at the port of entry by an immigration official. The need for form I-94 is excluded and also there is no fear of expiry of authorized stay in the US though you have to renew the green card every ten years.

Green card benefits include the right to apply for government sponsored financial aid for education, permission to start a business or create a corporation, you can legally own assets, property, homes, cars, guns, etc. and green card simplifies the job of getting life insurance of health insurance.

Green card holders have more job opportunities; can work in any organization with out any restriction in working hours, nature of job, and provides automatic security clearance for jobs within the US territory. One of the green card benefits for employees is that you do not require employer sponsorship and get social security benefits on retirement if you have worked for 40 quarters.

The green card benefits for your dependents are also many including: sponsoring your spouse and minor children under 21 years of age to obtain permanent status, your family can retain the green card even after you lose your job or meet your death, your children can get student visas for studying and work visas for working which can be extended to get a green card and continue staying in the US even after 21 years of age and marriage.

Green card benefits for safeguarding your immigration status include immunity against future changes in the immigration rules that might harm your status, exemption from export restrictions, eligibility for government grants, access to security clearances and most of the legal rights under the US law.

Having the right for making political campaigns is also included in the green card benefits. To a certain extent green card give you tax benefits, grants you professional licenses like insurance agents, real estate agents, etc.

But the green card benefits does not comprise of the right to vote which makes you distinct from US citizens. It is heartening that having a green card gives you the eligibility of applying for US citizenship later.