Leif Andreason: this is a bit garbled information. You need at least a greencard to join the US army. You do not get a greencard based on living in the US. Living in the US on a student visa doesn't count. You can get a greencard based on getting married to an US citizen if that citizen sponsors you and has sufficient income to do so. Alternatively an employer can sponsor you for a greencard, but not too many do. I would suggest going to the USCIS website and reading through the ways to get a greencard. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb......Show more
Booker Warlick: Sgt. Star a soldier and not an immigration officer, obviously enough and a bit confused over how to get a green card. You can't get a green card simply by living in the US for any period of time. you can become a citizen after living in the US with a green card for 5 years. and you can't get a green card by simply working legally in the US. there are lots of non-immigrant work visas and! some immigrant work visas. the non-immigrant work visas do not lead directly to green card status. check out http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/type... on the various ways to qualify for an immigrant visa and a green card. that should help....Show more
Marion Wieboldt: Sgt. Star was wrong. Yes, you can get a green card by virtue of employment or marriage. It does not take five years. The citizenship requirement is that after you get your green card, you have to be in the US for five years before applying. Note--If you've been in the US for five years without a green card, you are here illegally. In order to receive a green card, you'd have to leave the country and reenter legally--after a ten-year ban....Show more
Jonathon Labonne: You cannot obtain a green card unless you first qualify for immigration, legal permanent residency. Student, employment, visit, and other types of visas are all temporary NON-immigration classes of visas. Amount of time! you spend in the US on any of these is irrelevant since you a! re only allowed into US for temporary purpose. You are not an immigrant.Almost all (some 90%) US immigrants are sponsored by spouse or immediate family member who is a US citizen and who earns enough to support them. As a student visa holder, you must return to your country of citizenship immediately upon completion or termination of studies. You are not remaining in US - finish your course in school & return home....Show more
Ardell Luy: If living in the United States for at least 5 years would lead to a Green Card, many of the 11 million illegal aliens would be Green Card holders by now, don't you think? Clearly, the Sgt doesn't think that far, which is why he had to enlist in the Army instead of getting a real job that requires usage of the brain or skills beyond saying "Yes, Sir!" and shooting at people.An F-1 is a non-immigrant visa. There is no path from a non-immigrant visa to permanent residency.You would need a reason to be eligible for permanent residency! , a.k.a. a Green Card. Being married to a US citizen would be one viable path, if the US citizen spouse files a petition and is a viable sponsor for Affidavit of Support purposes. Another path is a doctorate degree or an investment of $1M or more. An indirect path is via an H1-B visa, after 6 years of working in a certain position requiring an advanced university degree....Show more
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