Green Card

working and residence permit for the United States

Green Card can refer to:United States Permanent Resident Card, an identification document issued by the United States of America affording non-citizens of that country some of the rights its citizens enjoy, sometimes with the prospect of naturalization.A term used by European governments in reference to a class of working permission and permits for non-EU talented and skilled labor for whom the usual requirement of a work permit is effectively waived. These programs are more of a points-based immigration program along the lines of Australia or Canada. There are no set standards, and some EU members have very intricate systems, while others are relatively simple and straightforward. For those who qualify, local officials may grant immediate residency and the right to work in a given country.With reference to the above, the first was the German Green Card, a category of temporary residency in Germany which was for skilled IT workers. (Now changed.) See Immigration to GermanyCan be used figuratively for granting of  permanent residency by any countryGreen Card, an international motor insurance certificate, part of the International Motor Insurance Card System, used in and around Europe.Green Card (film), a 1990 movie whose title refers to the American document above.The Greencards, a bluegrass/folk music band.In field hockey, a green card signals a warning to a player, less severe than a yellow card.In Pride Fighting Championships, a green card is a penalty for an illegal actions which results in a restart and a 10% reduction of the fighter's purse.Means of summoning an Member of Parliament into the lobby of the British House of Commonsautomatic teller machine (ATM) card issued by Toronto-Dominion Bank in Canada; TD Bank now refers their ATM card as "Access Card" instead of "Green Card".
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Noun
1. a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States; "he was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green"
(hypernym) positive identification

green card, working and residence permit for the United States

[after the "IBM System/360 Reference Data" card] A summary of an assembly language, even if the colour is not green. Less frequently used now because of the decrease in the use of assembly language. "I'll go get my green card so I can check the addressing mode for that instruction." Some green cards are actually booklets.
The original green card became a yellow card when the System/370 was introduced, and later a yellow booklet. An anecdote from IBM refers to a scene that took place in a programmers' terminal room at Yorktown in 1978. A luser overheard one of the programmers ask another "Do you have a green card?" The other grunted and passed the first a thick yellow booklet. At this point the luser turned a delicate shade of olive and rapidly left the room, never to return.
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