green card
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3.4
- noun
- /ɡriːn kɑrd/
- US
:
tarjeta de residencia permanente
- After submitting all the necessary paperwork, he finally received his green card to live and work in the United States.
- a green card holder
- a green card resident
- known as a green card
In August, I got my green card mailed to me, which was great.
- In August, I got my green card mailed to me, which was great.
- But that's what he has found is that once they convert to green card status, their wages do go up.
- According to the Senate bill, agricultural workers would get a green card at the edge of five years.
- This would reduce the number of people granted green cards.
- Welcome to Avon Park, have passports and green cards ready.
- And he wants to remove a cap on green cards so that companies can hire more skilled immigrants.
- You can't get a green card in the United States if you were there illegally.
- I my strategy there was if I couldn't convince immigration, I'd confuse them, and I did, and they gave me my green card.
- citizens or green card holders to the IRS to ensure that these people are not evading US taxes.
- I came here legally through proper paperwork and channels that allow us to come and become a citizen and have a green card and pay our taxes.
- Although you have to, you have to avoid as much possible showing that the intention was to come to get a green card because that is illegal.
- If he, you believe has won the right to a green card, shout one.
Examples
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According to the Senate bill, agricultural workers would get a green card at the edge of five years.
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For Yuri, marriage solved both the green card and the loneliness issues, at least initially.
Fiction book (1999) -
We got married so you could get a green card.
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I got you your green card, okay?
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"I just want a green card so I can bring my son here," he says.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Marry me and get your green card," she said.
Fiction book (1997) -
Once she got her green card, she promised a quick divorce.
Fiction book (2000) -
I was unable to go because at that time my green card was expired.
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Faculty members with green cards wondered whether they should stay put.
Academic text (2017) -
In August, I got my green card mailed to me, which was great.
Antonyms
- Formal
1
6.8
Relating to a visa or status for people visiting a country for a short time
Surface Forms
Morphology
green + card
Although 'green' and 'card' are transparent individually (a color + a document), the specific meaning 'official permit to live and work permanently in the U.S.' is an institutionalized legal term that cannot be inferred from the constituents alone. A B1 learner who knows the words would likely think of a colored card or ID but would not predict the specialized immigration status sense, so the expression is idiomatic and unpredictable.
Etymology
Green card comes from an older ID card that was green and showed a person's right to live and work in the United States. So, green card now means an official document that lets someone 'live and work permanently' in the U.S.