Once you receive your Green Card, protect and carry it, secure your SSN and work records, report moves, handle taxes and Selective Service if applicable, and calendar your card, travel, and citizenship deadlines.

We issue a Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) to all permanent residents as proof that they are authorized to live and work in the United States. If you are a permanent resident age 18 or older, you are required to have a valid Green Card in your possession at all times.

Additionally, all aliens in the United States must report a change of address to USCIS within 10 days of moving. Changing your address with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not change your address with USCIS and USPS will not forward your mail from USCIS.

A conditional permanent resident receives a Green Card valid for two years. You must file your Form I-751 during the 90-day period immediately before your conditional residence expires. You may file your Form I-751 individually, or with a request to waive the joint filing requirement depending on the circumstance, at any time before your conditional permanent resident status expires. If we granted you conditional permanent resident status based on investment, you must file Form I-829, Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status , within the 90-day period before your Green Card expires.

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Item Number 2.f. My existing card has already expired or will expire within six months. Select this reason if your card will expire in the next six months or if your card has already expired. Item Number 2.a. My previous card has been lost, stolen, or destroyed. Select this reason if your card was lost, stolen, or destroyed.

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Conditional permanent residents may not use this application to replace, for any reason, an existing Permanent Resident Card that is expired or will expire within 90 days. When a conditional permanent resident’s status is within 90 days of expiration, the conditional permanent resident is ineligible for a replacement conditional resident card and must file a petition to remove the conditions, as follows:

Please contact us if you do not receive your SSN card within 14 days after receiving your Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”) from USCIS after your Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status) is approved. If you are lawfully present in the United States, you should start your application online by visiting our Request a Social Security number for the first time page at www.ssa.gov/number-card/request-number-first-time. To complete the application process, you must visit your local Social Security office or Card Center with the required documents within 45 days of starting the process.

All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents.

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An employer cannot specify which documentation you may present from the Lists of Acceptable Documents.

2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)

U.S. residents are generally taxed in the same way as U.S. citizens. This means that their worldwide income is subject to U.S. tax and must be reported on their U.S. tax return.

Almost all male US citizens and male immigrants, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.

Men can check whether they are registered by visiting www.sss.gov/verify/. Selective Service will accept a late registration up until the man turns 26 years old.

Abandonment may be found to occur in trips of less than a year where it is believed you did not intend to make the United States your permanent residence. Additionally, absences from the United States of six months or more may disrupt the continuous residency required for naturalization.

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The alien must be physically present in the United States when they file the Reentry Permit application and complete the biometric services requirement.

Demonstrate continuous residence in the United States for at least five years immediately before the date you file Form N-400; Show you have been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months out of the five years immediately before the date you file Form N-400; Show you have lived for at least three months in a state or USCIS district having jurisdiction over your place of residence.

Chapter 3(A)

The spouse must have continuously resided in the United States after becoming a lawful permanent resident (LPR) for at least 3 years immediately preceding the date of filing the naturalization application and must have lived in marital union with his or her citizen spouse for at least those 3 years.

Chapter 3(D)

The spouse of a U.S. citizen filing for naturalization on the basis of his or her marriage may file the naturalization application up to 90 days before the date he or she would first meet the required 3-year period of continuous residence. All other requirements for naturalization must be met at the time of filing.

Expected to support the democratic form of government (“support” does not include voting. Permanent residents cannot vote in federal, state, or local elections.);