http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/ A Brit's Guide to Surviving America Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:34:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-3221 john Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-3221 sorry i forgot the n

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-3220 john Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-3220 i live i brasil and i would like to know if i want to buy a house so i can go on holiday ones a year can i??

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2969 emmakaufmann Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2969 Yes I did get one in the end but it took a long time. I have not yet flown with it and look forward to going in the more convenient citizens line though!

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2959 bohemond Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2959 Have two Irish grandparents? Then you qualify for Irish citizenship. This counts even if they came from what is now Ulster/NI.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2797 Susan Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2797 My husband is now a US citizen as well. 4 years from when he entered the US. He retains duel citizenship although we haven’t been back to the UK since he left.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2796 Susan C. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2796 My husband came over using a Fiance Visa (we did it ourselves). Takes a bit of time (less than a year with no issues) and money but well worth it. A friend of mine on the other hand came over not intending to get married but did and they had all sorts of hassles and probably spent more money and time not to mention lawyers. She was able to stay but it was a pain in the butt.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2783 dw Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2783 Discover an Italian great-grandparent.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2729 Matt R Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2729 “The U.S. is surprisingly bureaucratic and intensely suspicious of people who infringe the law.”
And of those who do not either.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2727 A P Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2727 Can’t out governments just get along? Why do they get to decide where we live? We’re all earthlings right? We should be able to live where we want.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/09/13/how-to-get-a-u-s-green-card/#comment-2726 A P Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/?p=925#comment-2726 This is funny, Brits want to be Americans and Americans want to be Brits. How do I get my hands on a EU passport?

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