How to Use green card in a Sentence

green card

noun
  • Was Danielle really a pawn in Mohammed’s green card scam?
    Rachel Ellison, Glamour, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The rules also call for such biometrics from those seeking, holding or sponsoring a green card.
    Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2020
  • When asylum seekers become asylees, they are given a special visa that, after one year, can be updated to a green card.
    Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Goredema donated in the 2016 election, but her green card didn't permit her to vote.
    NBC News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The current freeze on green card issuance likely would have continued beyond the Covid-19 crisis.
    Oliver Staley, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Once someone has a green card, they’re allowed to work and live in the United States, and eventually apply for citizenship.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Many of them have been in line for a green card for decades.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 25 Feb. 2021
  • There are nine of them and a green card holder, perhaps more.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Andy Polo was not with the team due to green card issues.
    oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021
  • That relief could also come in the form of a United States green card.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Stenger flew around the world, wooing foreign investors with the promise of a green card.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Tolchin hopes her client can now get a green card, along with a chance to bring family members to the U.S.
    Hamed Aleazizstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
  • Geno carried a green card until doing the same in 1994.
    Mike Anthony, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Her mother is a green card holder and lives with her in Carlsbad.
    Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2021
  • At the same time, my husband got his green card related to his work with the United States.
    Stella Kalinina, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
  • Powell, 38, now has a green card and lives full time on Martha’s Vineyard with his wife and 4-year-old son.
    Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Refugees must apply for a green card within a year of arrival in the United States.
    Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Some described it as green cards for pro-Hamas activists.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 June 2024
  • Investors may lose their money if the project doesn't work out, which could harm their chances of getting a green card.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Ultimately, a judge allowed the man to keep his green card.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
  • He got married, had two daughters and obtained a green card through his wife.
    Amy Taxin, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • He's since been granted asylum and is now waiting for his green card.
    Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Roughly 89% of the evacuees are Afghans, while the rest are U.S. citizens or green card holders.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The 36-year-old, who holds a U.S. green card, was able to leave Kabul less than a week before the capital collapsed.
    Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • De Leeuw, a native of Belgium, had just received her green card and remained in the Chicago area to work.
    Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • If the business fails or doesn’t meet the job creation requirements, the investor will be denied a green card.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2022
  • As part of the application process for a green card, many of those people are required to leave the United States.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
  • Having won a green card lottery, Barrett moved to Los Angeles in the ’80s.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • This is much easier said than done, of course, but expanded green cards for immigrants with science and engineering degrees seems like a no-brainer, cutting the deficit substantially over time while boosting growth.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Still, in cases where someone enters with permission, U.S.-born children of families with green cards might develop anxiety due to a lack of community.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2024

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