Article: Permanent residency permits to be granted much faster

Article: Feds streamline processing of green cards
Oakland Tribune;  February 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......permanent status, or green cards, will be expected...to clear the FBI's name check. If they don't, their...decision to issue green cards demonstrates how...delayed by the FBI name check, with 30,000 held...policy and predicted green cards would be issued ...

Article: Philippines to look into alleged diplomats with green cards
Xinhua News Agency;  October 26, 2004 ;     231 words ......to look into alleged diplomats with green cards MANILA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine...reports that some Filipino diplomats have green cards. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romuro...department would ask the diplomats owning green cards to be " discreetly." "If found out ...

Article: Quincy man sold fake green cards
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  August 3, 2007 ;     141 words ......court to four counts of selling phony green cards. During a plea hearing Thursday in U...Gilson Prado, 25, admitted selling seven green cards to a buyer working undercover with the...were under the same identities as the green cards. Federal agents watched and recorded...

Article: Immigrants in US to pay USD 370 to replace green cards.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  August 23, 2007 ;     381 words ...Immigrants in US to pay USD 370 to replace green cards By: Seema Hakhu Kachru Houston, Aug...million legal residents in the US whose green cards do not have expiration dates may soon...them, or face possible imprisonment. Green cards are proof of authorisation to live and...

Article: U.S. cracks down on green cards that don't expire
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 23, 2007 ;     444 words ...Thousands of permanent residents whose green cards have no expiration dates would have...It's an effort to issue more secure green cards, update the photo and other information...If approved as written, holders of green cards with no expiration date would have 120...

Article: FAKE `GREEN CARDS' TO FADE DOCUMENTS DESIGNED TO HEIGHTEN SECURITY OF IMMIGRATION FORMS.(News/National/International)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 5, 1998 ;     388 words ......WASHINGTON -- They call them 30-footers, ``green cards'' so blatantly phony that immigration...to get a whole lot tougher. High-tech green cards will premiere late this month, and they'...with the security features on existing green cards, many of which can be duplicated using...

Article: Philippines to look into alleged diplomats with green cards, XINHUA
Xinhua (China);  October 26, 2004 ;     267 words ......reports that some Filipino diplomats have green cards. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto...department would ask the diplomats owning green cards to be " discreetly." "If found out that they are green cards holders, they would know what to do...

Article: U.S. agency considers eliminating old green cards
Xinhua News Agency;  December 10, 2007 ;     332 words ......S. agency considers eliminating old green cards LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S...to eliminate hundreds of thousands of green cards issued years ago without expiration...Authorities estimate there are 750,000 such green cards in circulation -- some of which are...

Article: Central China Provides "Green Cards" to Laid-off Workers
Xinhua English Newswire;  December 16, 1997 ;     184 words ......enterprises, are the first to receive "green cards" from the local government. Issuing "green cards" is one concrete measure taken by local...the city's re-employment efforts. The green cards are actually accommodation papers given...

Article: Some migrants feel 'tricked' by delay in green card filing: A State Department offer to expedite green cards was withdrawn, infuriating workers.
Miami Herald (Miami, FL);  July 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......begin processing all employment-based green cards on July 2, software engineer Luis Montalvo...Department, which regulates the flow of green cards, has slammed shut the filing window...Applicants for the limited number of green cards available annually receive a priority...

Article: ASIANS WELCOME INS SHIFT IN POLICY 5,000 GREEN CARDS BECOME AVAILABLE
The Boston Globe;  January 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ......this country will be eligible to apply for green cards. Though only 5,000 green cards will be handed out nationwide, news of the...decades. For those who do ultimately obtain the green cards, "it's a big deal," said Lowell City Councilor...

Article: New Deadline To Replace Green Cards
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 9, 1994 ;     235 words ...The deadline for replacing green cards has been extended until March 20, according...Naturalization Service. The INS said green cards, immigrant visas authorizing legal permanent...citizenship will not need to replace their green cards. INS Commissioner Doris Meissner said...

Article: Diplomats hold green cards - Pimentel
Filipino Reporter;  November 11, 2004 ;     387 words ......the allegedly questionable holding of green cards by a number of its officials and employees...employees are also holders of American green cards. "This practice should be discontinued...do we have if they hold on to their green cards and, at the same time, being entrusted...

Article: Thousands wait for green cards as bugs worked out of machine
AP Online;  March 25, 1998 ;     227 words ......machine designed to produce fraud-proof green cards is malfunctioning, The New York Times...overcome in the next two to six weeks. Green cards, which confer permanent legal residency...agency has not notified those expecting green cards that there have been technical delays...