How to Use green card in a Sentence

green card

noun
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  • He's since been granted asylum and is now waiting for his green card.
    — Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • After some back-and-forth, Madina convinced the official that the green card was authentic.
    — Cindy Carcamo Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Give them green cards and information about becoming citizens.
    — Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • The figure does not include US green card holders, or permanent residents.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Madina’s mother handed over her U.S. green card and the letter from Lieu’s office.
    — Cindy Carcamo Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Under this program, a deluge of illegals will be given immediate green cards and put on the fast track to rapid citizenship.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2024
  • Ibarra’s brother, Diego, was charged Friday with possessing a fraudulent green card and is being held in state custody.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Humphries is still a Canadian citizen, but lives in San Diego, holds a green card and is married to an American.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Qualifying children must be born in the United States or foreign-born with a green card or pass the substantial presence test for tax purposes.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
  • There have been numerous reports that some Americans with passports and US green card holders were turned away from Taliban checkpoints close to the airport.
    — Barbara Starr, CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
  • There are nine of them and a green card holder, perhaps more.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Having won a green card lottery, Barrett moved to Los Angeles in the ’80s.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The government had urged U.S. citizens and green card holders to leave Afghanistan since March.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Cubans may apply for a green card after one year, putting them on a path to citizenship.
    — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • To wit: Alma could be forced to return to Mexico and spend a decade there before getting her green card.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • These facilities now will have to look elsewhere because these nurses can't get green cards to work in the U.S.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023

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