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A green card allows a non-U.S. citizen to gain permanent residence in the United States. A green card, also known as a permanent resident card, grants permanent resident status, which allows a non-citizen to live and work (lawfully) anywhere in the United States, and qualify for U.S. citizenship after three or five years.
Green card application (from within the US): Form I-485 (Application to Adjust Status). This form is used by those who are already in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant visa, have been selected for a diversity visa, or are eligible through family or employment.
Green card application (from outside the US): Form DS-260 (Immigrant Visa Electronic Application). This form is used by those who are seeking an immigrant visa from abroad, either through family, employer sponsorship or through the diversity visa program.
The government filing fee for a family-based green card is $1760 for an applicant applying from within the United States, and $1200 for an applicant living outside the United States. Note, this does not include the cost of the medical exam, which varies by provider. Learn more about the costs of a family-based green card.
Close relatives of U.S. citizens and current green card holders may apply for family-based green cards of their own. Eligible family members include spouses, children, parents, and siblings (as well as the spouses and children of those spouses, adult children, and siblings).
Also included in this category are widows and widowers who were married to a U.S. citizen at the time the citizen died. Like spouses of living U.S. citizens and current green card holders who apply for a marriage-based green card, widows and widowers must prove that their marriage was authentic in order to receive a green card.
Within the employment-based green card category, multiple subcategories of workers can apply for a permanent resident card. In some cases, their spouses and children may qualify for a green card, as well.
Once they have physically lived in the United States for at least one year since receiving refugee status or asylum, they may apply for a permanent resident card. Children and spouses (and in some cases, other family members) of refugees and asylees may also seek protection in the United States under these programs and eventually apply for a green card.
Victims of domestic violence (battery or extreme cruelty) may apply for a green card that would allow them to seek relief through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Although this law was created to benefit women, it applies to both women and men, and both parents and children, who are victims of abuse.
2. File the Necessary Petition
Most categories require a qualifying family member or employer to first file a petition on your behalf. For family or employment categories, the sponsor files Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) and for employment-based green cards, file Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker).
Permanent resident cards (Form I-551, or commonly known as green cards) can be issued or replaced only by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the United States. The Embassy cannot issue a replacement green card. If you left your green card in the United States and you are outside of the United States, you should ask a friend or relative there to send you the card by express courier.
Lost Green Cards: If you have lost your green card and have been out of the United States for less than 12 months, the Consular Section may be able to issue you a boarding foil which would allow you to return to the United States.
Expired Green Cards: If you have an expired green card with a 10-year validity period, you do not need a boarding foil. The airline may board you with the expired card, providing you meet all their other conditions for travel. Please contact your airline for confirmation. If your expired card did not have a 10-year validity, and you have been out of the U.S. for less than 12 months, you may follow the instructions above to apply for a boarding foil.
If you have lost your green card, or have had your green card stolen, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi or any U.S. Consulate in India may be able to issue you a Boarding Foil (formerly known as a transportation letter) that will permit you to return to the United States.
Millions of individuals find themselves trapped in green card backlogs, enduring lengthy waits to attain lawful permanent resident status in the United States. Some may even die before receiving the green card for which they are already approved.
While stuck in the backlog, people already in the U.S. face restrictions on the jobs they can work, limiting productivity, and those who are approved for green cards but remain outside of the U.S. due to per-country caps are prevented from contributing their knowledge and skills. As the U.S. population ages and birth rates decline, increased immigration will be key to ensuring an adequate supply of workers.
Expired/Expiring Green Card
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 for your renewal card as soon as you return to the United States.
Note: If you have an expired Green Card with a 2-year expiration date AND a Form I-797, Notice of Action, showing that they have filed a Form I-751 or Form I-829 to remove the conditions on their permanent resident status, the Form I-797 extends the validity of the card for a specified length of time, generally one year.
Individuals submitting the I-407 to the Eastern Forms Center must include their Permanent Resident Card (I-551 green card), if available, along with any other travel documents issued by USCIS. Individuals should not turn in identity documents that were not issued by USCIS. Additional filing information is available on www.uscis.gov/I-407.
When you give up your status and your card, you also give up the rights and benefits associated with that status. If at a later time you want to live, work or study in the United States, you will have to obtain the appropriate visa in order to do so. If you want to return to the United States as a permanent resident, you will have to re-apply for a new immigrant visa.
To save you a trip to the Social Security Office you can now apply for an original SSN or (replacement SSN card) on the same application form you will use to apply for permission to work legally in the U.S. You can also apply for your original SSN and replacement SSN card when you apply for lawful permanent resident status.
If you apply for work authorization using the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization and you completed the section on the application to request an SSN card, then USCIS will send us the data we need to issue your original SSN or SSN replacement Card. If you apply for an SSN card using Form I-765, you do not have to contact a Social Security office to apply for an SSN card. If USCIS approves your application, you will receive two documents - your Employment Authorization Document (EAD), also known as the "USCIS I-765 card" or "work permit", and in another envelope your SSN card. We will mail your SSN card to the address you listed on your I-765 application. You should receive your SSN card no later than seven business days after you receive your EAD from USCIS.
We have worked with DHS and USCIS to provide an opportunity for applicants to use form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status) to apply for an original SSN and SSN replacement card. If you complete the section on the application to request an SSN card, then USCIS will send us the data we need to issue your original SSN or SSN replacement card. If you apply for an SSN card using Form I-485, you do not have to contact a Social Security office to apply for an SSN card. If USCIS approves your application for LPR status - Your Lawful Permanent Resident Card or "USCIS I-551" or "green card", we will mail your SSN card or replacement card to the address listed on your I-485 application.
Please contact a Social Security office if you do not receive your SSN card within seven business
days after receiving your EAD or "Green Card". Please have this flyer and your EAD or "Green Card" as it may help us answer your questions.
If you did not request an SSN while completing your I-765 or I-485. You should receive your SSN card within two weeks after we have everything we need to process your application, including verification of your immigration document with the USCIS. If we are unable to immediately verify your immigration document with the USCIS, it may take two additional weeks to receive your card.
Sections 205(c) and 702 of the Social Security Act authorize SSA to collect information
to assign you a Social Security number (SSN) and issue you a Social Security card. The information you furnish is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information may prevent us from issuing you an SSN and Social Security card. The information you provide us is confidential. This means that we do not share your information except as permitted under the law. For example, we may share information with other government agencies as allowed by the Privacy Act. SSA will maintain the information used to assign you an SSN and issue you a Social Security card in SSA's system of records Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN Applications, 60-0058. Complete lists of approved routine uses for the information used to assign you an SSN and issue you a Social Security card are available in the System of Records Notice 60-0058, available at For more information about this, please contact us.