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A Green Card
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A United States Permanent Resident Card, also known popularly as
Green Card, is an identification card for a permanent resident of the United States of America who does not have U.S. citizenship. It is proof that the holder has permission to permanently reside and take employment in the U.S. Its "former" official title was Alien Registration Receipt Card, and it is now officially called a Permanent Resident Card, also referred to as form I-551.
The name "green card" comes from the fact that the cards were originally green. Their color has changed over the years, but the term "green card" has remained in use. As of 2004, they are mostly white with green grass pattern in the card's background. A card includes the holder's name and photograph, and other information, and has been updated over the years with numerous anti-counterfeiting devices. The card must be in the possession of the U.S. permanent resident at all times. While that does not require that the U.S. permanent resident has it on their person at all times, it does require that they have a currently valid card and that they know where it is and can show it to an USCIS officer, if requested. One interesting aspect of American law is that permanent residents have identification cards, but citizens do not.
Green cards were formerly issued by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). That agency's functions have been shifted to the new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) formerly the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security.
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Green Card News
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• UMB Bank Enhances Rewards Credit Card With Green Benefits Centre Daily Times
Green may be the color of money but now its plastic too. UMB Bank has recently added several new enhancements to its rewards credit card that not only benefit consumers, but the environment as well. The newly named Eco Rewards VisaR Card has a low APR, no annual fee and allows consumers to earn points on every purchase, including double points, two for one, for qualified green purchases.
• Porn Director Charged With Green Card Wedding Scam CBS 2 Los Angeles
A Los Angeles adult film director has been arrested on charges of staging a sham marriage to a Hungarian woman who wanted to stay in the country. David Crawford, known in the industry as David Lord, and the woman were arrested Wednesday.
• UMB Bank Enhances Rewards Credit Card With Green Benefits Business Wire Via Y...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Green may be the color of money but now its plastic too. UMB Bank has recently added several new enhancements to its rewards credit card that not only benefit consumers, but the environment as well.
• Public Should See Government Credit Card Bills: Privacy Commissioner CBC Calgary
Albertas privacy commissioner has ordered the release of details of how a former provincial employee used his government credit card.
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