Read more green card stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5821/green-card.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:03:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64774/russian-green-card-marriages-are-big-biz-in-ny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussian women are so eager for green cards that one New York-area weekly devotes an entire page to marriage ads, the New York Post reports. A Post reporter, posing as an immigrant angling for a green card, contacted a marriage broker and got the going rate: $31,500, $6,500...http://www.newser.com/story/64774/russian-green-card-marriages-are-big-biz-in-ny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 16:34:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49248/fla-developer-offers-investors-green-cards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForeigners still interested in the American dream can get permanent residence in the US by investing $1 million in a Florida condo-hotel project starved for credit. The government-approved offer gives investors a conditional visa in exchange for the investment, the Orlando Sentinel reports. If the foreigners can prove within two...http://www.newser.com/story/49248/fla-developer-offers-investors-green-cards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Jan 2009 19:12:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34651/rockefeller-in-law-con-man-wed-and-fled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlleged kidnapper and con artist Clark Rockefeller tricked a Wisconsin woman into marrying him in 1981 and then bolted with his new green card, the bride's sister told the Boston Herald . “He tells stories and takes advantage of people,” she said. “He screws with people’s heads.”http://www.newser.com/story/34651/rockefeller-in-law-con-man-wed-and-fled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 Aug 2008 11:24:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31928/new-us-tax-law-looks-heartless-to-foreign-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new tax law set up to help troops and veterans, offset by taxing wealthy Americans who give up citizenship to beat the IRS, hits some others in the wallet, Portfolio reports. Long-term, legal foreign workers who return home will see unrealized capital gains taxed—potentially damaging the perception of...http://www.newser.com/story/31928/new-us-tax-law-looks-heartless-to-foreign-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 16:40:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27195/no-rebates-for-immigrant-taxpayers-or-yank-spouses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of thousands of legal, taxpaying immigrants and their Americans spouses are among the unhappy few who won’t be getting a tax rebate check, AP reports. Taxpayers need a Social Security number to qualify—a rule intended to carve out illegal immigrants. Also inadvertently cut from the benefit are legal...http://www.newser.com/story/27195/no-rebates-for-immigrant-taxpayers-or-yank-spouses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 May 2008 3:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18801/fbi-bails-on-immigrant-probes-as-backlogs-mount.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagImmigration officials are expected to grant green cards to tens of thousands of aliens before required FBI background checks, because the Department of Homeland Security is struggling under a ballooning backlog, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Background checks would be performed after immigrants are granted residency, which could be revoked if problems...http://www.newser.com/story/18801/fbi-bails-on-immigrant-probes-as-backlogs-mount.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Feb 2008 4:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13560/feds-bust-sham-craigslist-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt was a match made not in heaven but on Craigslist, and the Russian bride and American groom are charged with staging a sham marriage to get her a green card. The woman posted not-so-subtle ads: "Green Card Marriage—Will Pay $300/Month. Total $15,000," the LA Times reports. She...http://www.newser.com/story/13560/feds-bust-sham-craigslist-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Dec 2007 13:55:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10166/eu-will-lure-skilled-migrants-with-blue-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacing a projected shortfall of 20 million workers by 2030, the European Union unveiled its own version of the US Green Card yesterday in hopes of attracting skilled migrants. The Blue Card will grant workers full employment, social security, and health care benefits, as well as permanent residency after five...http://www.newser.com/story/10166/eu-will-lure-skilled-migrants-with-blue-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Oct 2007 9:46:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3307/missing-gis-wife-faces-deportation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile the US military searches for MIA Army specialist Alex Jimenez, the US government may be looking to deport his wife. Yaderlin Jimenez snuck into the country from the Dominican Republic six years ago; Alex, who disappeared in Iraq with two other soldiers last month, had tried in vain to...http://www.newser.com/story/3307/missing-gis-wife-faces-deportation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 Jun 2007 9:12:40 CDT