Non-Expiring Green Card Expiring

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Nearly one million permanent residents will be required to replace their green cards under a proposal from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Legal permanent residents whose alien cards were issued between 1977 and 1989 without an expiration date will have to replace their cards within 4 months. Failure to replace the card could potentially jeopardize travel and employment opportunities. Willful failure to renew would also carry a penalty of up to 30 days in jail.

In a statement, the USCIS said, "The change will allow the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to issue more secure permanent resident cards, update cardholder information, conduct background checks and electronically store applicants' fingerprint and photographic information."

Earlier the agency had encouraged, but not mandated that green cards issued prior to 1989 be replaced. Cards issued after 1989 expire in 10 years, whereas the earlier cards did not have an expiration date.

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Barry Watson
Contact Barry Watson
Sun Jan 20, 2008
non expiring green cards
There is no indication of what date this becomes effective, or whether it is in fact in effect. I have not been able to find anything anywhere on the net that gives any definite info on this. Any definite info as to effective days or other pertinent info would be appreciated.

NOTE: This is a USCIS proposal, which has NOT been implemented yet. It has come in for considerable criticism. Such proposals go through public annoucements and reviews before (and if) they are implemented.