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Getting a Green Card
如何拿到綠卡
A green card is an official document identifying a person as a permanent resident of the United States.
綠卡是美國簽發給外國公民的永久居住許可證。
It does not give citizenship to the card holder but permits him or her to live and work legally in the country.
持有綠卡并不等于獲得公民身份，而是允許持卡者在美國合法居住和工作。
There are many ways to get a green card.
獲取綠卡有很多方式。
One common way is through family members who have American citizenship.
其中一種常見的方式是:通過擁有美國國籍的家庭成員來申請，
America gives special consideration to husbands, wives, children and parents of American citizens. Green card holders can also nominate their husbands, wives and children for green cards.
即申請人是美國公民的配偶，子女或父母。
A foreign citizen who has been offered a job in America can request a green card.
另外，如果外國公民在美國找到工作，也可以申請綠卡，
The employer would serve as sponsor in that case.
在這種情況下其雇主也可以做他的擔保人。
There are also green card qualifiers for some non-citizens who invest in America, and for refugees.
此外，那些在美國投資的外國公民或者難民也可申請綠卡。
Still all these paths leave out many people who want a green card.
盡管有諸多途徑可以獲得綠卡，仍然有許多人無法申請到。
So, each year America carries out a lottery that provides about 50,000 green cards to lucky winners.
美國政府每年舉行一次“移民大抽獎”獲得，5萬名中獎者將獲得綠卡。
