What is a Green Card or Permanent Resident Card?
A Permanent Resident Card, also called a Green Card or a Form I-551, is given to people with lawful permanent resident status, with a permanently right to live and work in the United States. The green card also serves as proof and evidence of your immigration registration in compliance with U.S. immigration laws. The Immigration and Nationality Act in Section 264 provides that, “Every alien in the United States shall be issued a certificate of alien registration or an alien registration receipt card in such form and manner and at such time as shall be prescribed under regulations.” ….”Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him. Any alien who fails to comply with [these] provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” The procedures and specific requirements for applying to renew an expiring Green Card are set forth in the Code of F
