Is a green card holder allowed to work in a federal or any government offices on us?

[Successful Pinky 12]

Hello everyone, 

Is there limitation for the type of job for the green card holder? Can a green card holder work in a federal or any government agency? 

Thank you.

[C90 376]

You can work almost everywhere. But to be for example a TSA agent, you have to be a USC. The job description will usually state if you have to be a USC. You can work in most federal jobs tho

[NikLR 13,220]

Many require citizenship but the job description will note it. 

[Roel 7,191]

3 hours ago, Successful Pinky said:

Hello everyone, 

Is there limitation for the type of job for the green card holder? Can a green card holder work in a federal or any government agency? 

Thank you.

Check the job requirements, ask the employer. Simple. 

[carmel34 3,531]

You can search for US Government jobs here:

 

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/public/

 

The jobs you are interested in will specify if US citizenship is required, or if a green card is sufficient.

[RLA 323]

It should be noted that this does not only apply to US government jobs.  Even some private sector jobs require citizenship.  Or more specifically, they require a security clearance that is only granted to citizens.  

[NikLR 13,220]

59 minutes ago, RLA said:

It should be noted that this does not only apply to US government jobs.  Even some private sector jobs require citizenship.  Or more specifically, they require a security clearance that is only granted to citizens.  

My husband seems to think he'd never get top secret clearance merely being married to Canadian.  I keep telling him it's not a big issue unless a wall goes up between the two! 😏

 

https://news.clearancejobs.com/2015/06/24/will-partners-nationality-threaten-security-clearance-doha-hearings/

 

[TBoneTX 43,058]

Thread is moved from the "Moving to the US" forum to the "Finding Work" forum.

[Successful Pinky 12]

On 1/12/2019 at 5:54 PM, carmel34 said:

You can search for US Government jobs here:

 

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/public/

 

The jobs you are interested in will specify if US citizenship is required, or if a green card is sufficient.

Oooh...this helps a lot..thank you so much!

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

  Getting a security clearance with a foreign spouse depends on many things.  The country of the spouse , how close they still have to that country and what the actual assignment.  A lot of the money spent in clearing a person is background checks but a person can get cleared for one project and still not be allowed on another.   

[Kürbis&Tannenbaum 20]

This is an older thread but I figured i'd add some more info - at some companies regardless of what job function you hold (i.e. not just Engineering, but HR or Marketing too), you are required to be a US citizen. This is because that company has gov. contracts that mandate employee citizenship even if they aren't directly related with the "sensitive" information that the gov. is buying. The job listing should specific citizenship is required, but it helps to know why even for example HR jobs would need citizenship.

Edited August 11, 2019 by Kürbis&Tannenbaum

[cyclone27 710]

Most jobs preclude foreign citizenship of immediate family members for security clearance. Only way to remedy that is gain US Citizenship.