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Green Card is not a visa, you can't hand it back if you don't like it, warns Immigration attorney

A Green Card is the most coveted status in the US for foreigners but an immigration attorney warned that before getting a Green Card, people must remember that it is not something that they can throw away later; it comes with its own terms and conditions and one has to fulfil all those. Immigration attorney Adrian Pandev said many of his international clients treat a Green Card as a trial run and like a long-term visa, which will expire. But a Green Card holder has to pay taxes in the US on their worldwide income and if they fail, there are repercussions.

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