What is the definition of a US Resident?
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A US Resident is someone who holds a Green Card but is not a citizen. Which means that through your family or employment, you can apply for a Green Card for legal residency.
Being on a work visa (H-1 I presume) means nothing. You are still a legal alien.
The difference between residency and citizenship is that you need to naturalize yourself American to become a citizen (so you need to give your other citizenship). If you've been working in the US for 8.5 yrs, then you can ask your employer if sponsoring a Green Card is an option, otherwise you'll still be considered an alien.
p.s.: to joe - aliens on temporary visas (such as trainee, student, and work) do NOT have to pay social security and medicare. i had been paying these too until i got my current job. i called the IRS and they confirmed it.
Alien resident
I think you have to be born on US soil.
I believe so. I think that if you have a green card or work visa you are considered to be a US resident. Im just guessing that the only difference is that the work visa doesnt hold as much against a green card.
i say a resident is someone who works so hard to get into this country and makes it there home the people who are not residents are the people who try to bring us down and make the laws harder
yes, you're legally here with that work visa so that makes you a US Resident.
Nope, you're not a Permanent Resident (Green Card).
A resident is someone who lives in the area.Really,i have no clue but i think that u r a resident.
Not a U.S. resident!
as long as your visa hasnt expired
A US Resident is simply someone who lives in the US regardless of status.
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You are a legal US resident. You live here legally.
My friend, you are not a citizen until you are make one by the US government. That usually happens after you take the appropriate tests and go thought the immigration naturalization process.
BTW, thank you for your contribution to my retirement via the Social Security payments. Keep up the good work. Just make sure that you don't use our public services too much. It makes them very costly and difficult for those of us who are US citizens to use.
You would have to been born here or have green card to be considered a resident of the US. What you have is a work permit; which means that you have permission to work here in this country. It would be the same if I applied for work in your home country and still maintained my residency here in the USA.
Yes.
As long as you're here legally you're a legal US resident.
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No, you are not a resident. You are a resident ONLY when you have been granted a green card. Ask your employer to sponsor you for residency.
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