What rights and obligations does a permanent resident (LPR) have versus a U.S. citizen?
A3. Both can seek work anywhere in the U.S. (depending upon the category under which he/she immigrated); both can live anywhere in the U.S.; both must serve in the U.S. military if asked or drafted and both must register for with selective service depending upon age and other requirements; both can own real and personal property in the U.S.; both must file U.S. tax returns. A U.S. citizen may vote; an LPR may not unless allowed in local jurisdictions. A U.S. citizen may hold public office; an LPR usually may not. Some jobs requiring security clearances and some government jobs require U.S. citizenship. LPR’s can lose their status by committing certain crimes, abandoning residence in the U.S., receiving certain kinds of welfare, and committing some other “deportable/removable or excludable” acts. Some naturalized citizens may lose citizenship if it was obtained by fraud. LPRs continue to hold the citizenship of their country of birth and/or country of last citizenship depending upon the
