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GREEN CARD
How to Replace Your Green Card
GREEN CARD
How to Replace Your Green Card
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
If you are a lawful permanent resident or conditional permanent resident and need to replace your Green Card based on the reasons in the When to Replace Your Green Card section, you may begin the application process for a replacement Green Card by filing Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, online or by mail. When you file online, you can:
- Apply using a computer, phone, or tablet;
- See when we receive your application;
- Receive online updates on your case; and
- Communicate with us directly.
If you are applying to renew your Green Card, your Form I-90 receipt notice can be used with your expired Green Card as evidence of your lawful permanent resident status and will say the following:
This notice, together with your Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card (also known as the Green Card), provides evidence of your lawful permanent resident status for 24 months from the expiration date on your Permanent Resident Card. You remain authorized to work and travel. This notice, presented with your expired Permanent Resident Card, is evidence of your status and work authorization.
If you no longer have your Permanent Resident Card and you need evidence of your lawful permanent resident status while waiting to receive your replacement Card, we may issue you an Alien Documentation, Identification & Telecommunications (ADIT) stamp after you file this form.
If we determine you must submit biometrics, we will mail you a biometrics appointment notice with the time and place of your appointment.
This notice does NOT serve as notification of your biometrics appointment.
If you need help obtaining an ADIT stamp, have questions, or need to update your personal information listed above, please visit the USCIS Contact Center webpage at uscis.gov/contactcenter to connect with a live USCIS representative in English or Spanish. If your mailing address changes while your case is pending, please update it through your USCIS Online Account, if you have one.
If you have questions about presenting this notice with your expired Permanent Resident Card for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, please call 888-897-7781. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, please call 877-875-6028.
We will notify you separately about any other application, petition, or request you may have filed with us.
If USCIS already accepted your application to renew your Green Card and you have not yet been issued a biometric services appointment notice, USCIS will mail you a new receipt notice to use with your expired Green Card as temporary evidence of your lawful permanent resident status. As of Sept. 26, if you have a pending Form I-90, USCIS will print an amended receipt notice before your initial 12-month validity extension on your Green Card expires (read more here: USCIS Extends Green Card Validity Extension to 24 Months for Green Card Renewals).
If you are outside the United States and your Green Card will expire within six months (but you will return within one year of your departure from the United States and before the card expires), you should file Form I-90 as soon as you return to the United States.
If you are a conditional permanent resident and your Green Card is expiring, you must submit Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence, to apply to remove the conditions on your permanent resident status. For more information, see our Conditional Permanent Residence webpage.