How to Use green card in a Sentence

green card

noun
  • Most had a green card but had lost it.
    — Anna-Catherine Brigida, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • Those green cards have no limits.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The Passports, green cards, etc.
    — Sally Hoelscher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • People like me who didn't have a green card had a very, very tough go of it.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 15 Sep. 2024
  • About 240,000 are for green cards.
    — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There are nine of them and a green card holder, perhaps more.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Workers who are not on track for a green card have to return home.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 8 June 2020
  • Refugees can legally work and can apply for a green card after a year.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 22 June 2018
  • Ibtihal applied for their green cards and is still waiting to hear back.
    — Alex Ronan, The Cut, 17 Dec. 2017
  • He's since been granted asylum and is now waiting for his green card.
    — Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2021
  • He got married, had two daughters and obtained a green card through his wife.
    — Amy Taxin, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • It's aimed at people here who are students, people here with green cards.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Riya said the hope was that the case will be reopened so her mother can obtain a green card.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • No visa interviews, no green cards, no quotas.
    — Cheryl Rogers, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Officials then granted him a green card.
    — Eryn Dion, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Her mother is a green card holder and lives with her in Carlsbad.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The couple have begun the process of applying for a green card.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But workers with work permits and green cards worry they too could be detained.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Consular processing of visas and green cards can take months to years to complete.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • Asylum status means Bautista will be able to apply for a green card in one year.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
  • However, visas and green cards can be revoked when a holder breaks the law.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Sofi hasn’t been able to finish her and her son’s applications for green cards.
    — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Stenger flew around the world, wooing foreign investors with the promise of a green card.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 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
  • The whole green card situation took up most of the episode, and at the end, was solved by a quick wedding.
    — Emily Yahr, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • But petition approval is just one part of the process for receiving a green card.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Her green card was taken and she was given a removal order, which was not carried out.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That relief could also come in the form of a United States green card.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Hundreds of thousands of immigrants apply for a green card each year.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
  • Munoz, who still resides in Florida and is now on a green card, plans to appeal.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 June 2026

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