If a green card applicant is interested in obtaining a green card in order to reside in the United States then it is always good to know the rules and procedures. There are a lot of exceptions to the laws, the forms and documents could get complicated, there could be government delays and sometimes mix ups have also been said to occur. All these could have disastrous results – to prevent such consequences it is advisable to go in for an immigration lawyer. Most people who have gone in for an immigration lawyer are almost always happy that they have done so.

An immigration lawyer also helps the green card applicant in avoiding some commonly committed mistakes.

WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT APPLYING FOR A GREEN CARD?

It has been the experience of most green card applicants that the U S immigration system comes across as “broken”. This is mostly because the law is not very easy to understand – it takes lawyers themselves, years and years to understand the intricacies and nitty-gritty of the basics, and of various visas, green cards and their benefits. Although the law itself has been written to benefit the green card applicants – by allowing them to re-unite with family members in the U S, or take resort to asylum as a protection from prosecution – it has also been written to protect the U S from entry by people who might be a drain on the country’s resources or present a health or security threat to U S society. If a green card applicant does not have an immigration lawyer he or she may spend hours travelling to the local immigration office and end up staring into the face of an officer who, all along had no access to your case and will simply tell the green card applicant that the case is still “pending”.

So it is always advisable for a green card applicant to go in for an immigration lawyer.