
If your name has changed, you'll need to send the USCIS an original court order or a certified marriage certificate that reflects the name change. Please note that you'll need to notify the USCIS if your name or any other personal information about your identity has changed.
Completed Green Card Renewal (I-90) form. Keep these documents next to you when applying to speed up the process. To renew your green card, you’ll need to submit the following documents. Documents Needed to Renew Your Green Card In order to help with it, here is US Immigration guide with the basic steps you must follow. If you have never done it before, the process of renewing a green card can get a little bit confusing. Most green cards are valid for 10 years, at which point they must be renewed. For more information, see our Conditional Permanent Residence webpage.When a green card is granted, you are legally allowed to live in the United States. If you are a conditional permanent resident and your Green Card is expiring, you must submit Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence, to apply to remove the conditions on your permanent resident status. If you are outside the United States and your Green Card will expire within six months (but you will return within one year of your departure from the United States and before the card expires), you should file Form I-90 as soon as you return to the United States. If USCIS has issued you a biometrics appointment notice, you will not receive an amended receipt notice, but you will receive an extension sticker at your biometrics appointment. If USCIS already accepted your application to renew your Green Card and you have not yet been issued a biometrics appointment notice, USCIS will mail you a new receipt notice to use with your expired Green Card as temporary evidence of your lawful permanent resident status. This notice, presented with your expired Permanent Resident Card, is evidence of your status and work authorization. You remain authorized to work and travel. This notice provides evidence of your lawful permanent resident status for 12 months from the expiration date on your Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card, (also known as a Green Card). If you are applying to renew your Green Card, your Form I-90 receipt notice will say the following and can be used with your expired Green Card as evidence of your lawful permanent resident status: If we approve your application, we will mail you a new Green Card. Receive online updates on your case and. Apply using a computer, phone, or tablet. If you are a lawful permanent resident or conditional permanent resident and need to replace your Green Card based on the reasons in the When to Replace Your Green Card section, you may begin the application process for a replacement Green Card by filing Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, online or by mail. If you are a conditional permanent resident, you must replace your Green Card if: You never received the previous card we issued to you.
You have legally changed your name or other biographic information on the card since you last received your card or. Your card contains incorrect information. #When to submit green card renewal application registration#
You have a previous version of the alien registration card (for example, USCIS Form AR-3, Form AR-103 or Form I-151, which are no longer valid to prove your immigration status) and must replace it with a current Green Card.
Your status has been automatically converted to permanent resident status (this includes special agricultural worker applicants who are converting to permanent resident status). You have been a permanent resident residing in the United States and are now taking up commuter status. You have been a commuter and are now taking up actual residence in the United States. You received your card before you were 14 and you have reached your 14th birthday (unless your card expires before your 16th birthday). Your previous card was lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. Your Green Card is either expired or will expire within the next six months. If you are a lawful permanent resident, you must replace your Green Card if: