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Non-Expiring Green Card Expiring

By LIFS September 2, 2007 at 11:16 AM

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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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Comments (3 posted)

kash prakash January 24, 2009 at 4:36 AM

I too am unable to find anything related to this proposed ruling. This is not official yet that non=expiring Green Cards have to be replaced. When that becomes law, please publicize this. everything else on the Internet is just speculation.
Thanks, 1-24-09

phandinhtoan January 8, 2009 at 4:21 AM

Give people the link to read this statement from uscis as proof .
I did look in uscis .gov I don\'t see uscis.gov stating anything about replacing NON EXPIRING GREEN CARDS as a must . Jan -07 -2009 I took my non expiring green card and went to immigration service to check see if my non expiring still valid .They checked their computer and they said my green card still valid so far (jan 07 -2009 ) . Anything written on the web just personal imagination idea if not having proof link from USCIS . WE NEED PROOF LINK LAST DECISION FROM USCIS .GOV . We need last decision not proposal

Barry Watson January 20, 2008 at 9:25 AM

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.