USCIS mails your Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) after the welcome notice, and SSA should mail your SSN card separately no later than 14 days after the Green Card arrives; a separately approved EAD (Form I-766) is no longer needed to prove your permanent-resident work authorization.

If You Recently Became a Permanent Resident

After you become a permanent resident, we mail you a welcome notice. Then we mail your new Permanent Resident Card (Green Card). You should also submit an e-Request if any of the following occur: It has been more than 30 days since you became a permanent resident, and you have not received your welcome notice. It has been more than 30 days since you received your welcome notice but you have not received your new card.

Apply For Your Social Security Card While Applying For Your Lawful Permanent Residency

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, we will mail your SSN card or replacement card to the address listed on your application. You should receive your SSN card no later than 14 days after you receive your Permanent Resident Card/Form I-551/ “Green Card” from USCIS.

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Certain foreign nationals who are in the United States may file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to request employment authorization and an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). File Form I-765 together with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, or if filing separately, submit a copy of your Form I-485 receipt notice or other evidence that your Form I-485 is pending.

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You must allow employees to choose which document(s) they will present from the Lists of Acceptable Documents. In Section 2, an LPR may choose to present a List A document (such as Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card, commonly referred to as a Green Card) or a List B and C document combination (such as a state-issued driver’s license and unrestricted Social Security card). You are not required to reverify the employment eligibility of a lawful permanent resident who presented these documents and you should not reverify their employment authorization.

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. Please update your information with both USCIS and USPS.

A conditional permanent resident receives a Green Card valid for two years. To remove the conditions on your permanent resident status, you must file a petition within the 90-day period before your conditional Green Card expires. To remove the conditions on a Green Card based on marriage, you must file Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions of Residence . To remove conditions on a Green Card for entrepreneurs, you must file Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions . If your conditions are not removed, you will lose your permanent resident status and you will become removable from the United States.

If seeking to enter the United States after temporary travel abroad, you will need to present a valid, unexpired “Green Card” (Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card). If you plan on being absent from the United States for longer than a year, it is advisable to first apply for a reentry permit on Form I-131.

Your Responsibilities as a Permanent Resident

Required to file your income tax returns and report your income to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities; Required to register with the Selective Service, if you are a male age 18 through 25.

|You entered the U.S. using your immigrant visa, |You paid the immigrant visa fee AFTER you entered, |It may take up to 90 days from the date you made your payment to receive your permanent resident card. |