Reading Green Cards

For immprofs who did not practice immigration law, it may not be immediately intuitive how to read green card codes – that is the “category” listing on the right of the card. Check out the following examples:

From top to bottom you’ve got a refugee, diversity visa LPR, and an immediate relative.

This handy dandy chart will help you with any codes you might encounter. Have a guess what a CUO is? A Cuban refugee parent of a USC. Now that’s specific! 

-KitJ