The phrase "apply for green" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to refer to applying for a green card or something related to the color green, but without context, it is ambiguous.
Example: "I need to apply for green, but I'm not sure about the process."
Alternatives: "apply for a green card" or "apply for green status".
After 10 years, they would be eligible to apply for green cards through the merit system.
Heads of households would have to return to their home countries to apply for green cards if they wanted to become lawful permanent residents and then citizens.
Once those lines were eliminated, illegal immigrants who would be given provisional legal status under Mr. Obama's draft plan could apply for green cards.
Under the law, American citizens are entitled to apply for green cards for immigrant spouses and children, even those who entered the country illegally.
But because of DOMA, tens of thousands of citizens in binational same-sex marriages had not been able to apply for green cards for their partners.
The summary also seeks to reduce the wait for math and science graduates who apply for green cards, regardless of their home country.
She came to reunite with her mother, an American citizen who had applied for green cards for Olga and her daughters, and to search for better opportunities.
Ron Gotcher, an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles, said he advised clients applying for green cards to be prepared to wait at least five years.
For foreigners applying for green cards based on their family ties (as opposed to their work skills), the fourth visa preference is for brothers and sisters of adult United States citizens.
Many other Americans have already applied for green cards for same-sex spouses, and their applications were moving slowly through the bureaucracy while Obama administration officials waited to see what the Supreme Court would do.
They will be able to travel back and forth to their native country, and will not be precluded from applying for green cards granting permanent residence.The proposals are far from perfect.
