live, work, travel and study<\/a> in America with most of the same rights as a citizen.<\/p>\nBut why is it called a Green Card?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s called a Green Card, despite its technical name (Permanent Resident Card), because it has a slightly green hue. When it first came out into use it was a slightly brighter shade of green and the shock of color must have inspired the now famous appellation \u201cGreen Card\u201d.<\/p>\n
For a short period of time, near the end of the 20th<\/sup> century, the Permanent Resident Card was redesigned and when it was re-introduced it was no longer green, but white.<\/p>\nHowever, the government returned this immigration document back to its original and iconic color to avoid confusion. Despite the new color, people still<\/em> called it the Green Card. The term \u201cGreen Card\u201d became so pervasive that it became more of a symbolic phrase instead of an actual description of the document.<\/p>\nNow, Green Card is often used as a stand-in for the lengthier \u201cLawful Permanent Resident\u201d. The phrase \u201cGreen Card\u201d is simply shorthand for the process of legal immigration. A person may say \u201cWhen did you get your Green Card?\u201d and really what they are asking is \u201cWhen did you immigrate to the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n
By \u201cGetting your Green Card\u201d you are \u201cImmigrating to the United States legally.\u201d Green Card, is simply a verbal shortcut in American English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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