Starting January 2021, USCIS will replace the sticker that is currently issued to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) to extend the validity of their Permanent Resident Card ("Green Card") with a revised Course I-797, Observe of Action for Form I-ninety, Application to Supplant Permanent Resident Carte where applicants seek to renew an expiring green menu.

March 16, 2021 Update: USCIS has clarified that in order to travel to the U.Southward. on the footing of an expired green card and using a Class I-90 receipt notice, applicants must present I-90 receipt notice printed on secure newspaper. Lawful permanent residents should not attempt to travel using a receipt detect printed on standard paper.

September 26, 2022 Update:  USCIS has extended the period during which an original receipt notice volition be valid for proof of lawful permanent resident status to 24 months.

I-xc Extension Sticker Replaced by I-797 Receipt Notice on Secure Paper

The revised I-797 receipt notice, together with an applicant's green card, will serve as temporary testify of lawful permanent resident condition for 12 24 months from the expiration date of the dark-green menu.

This change ensures that sure LPRs with a pending Form I-xc to supervene upon an expiring green menu have documentation of identity, employment authorization and authorization to return to the United States following temporary foreign travel. Current applicants who accept already been scheduled for a biometrics appointment will not receive a revised find and will receive an extension sticker at their biometrics appointment.

Starting in January 2021, applicants who file Class I-ninety to replace an expiring green carte du jour will receive the revised receipt find in the mail approximately 7-10 days after USCIS accepts their awarding.

Applicants with expiring green cards will no longer receive a sticker from the Bidder Back up Center (ASC) at their biometrics appointments to obtain temporary show of LPR status. Instead, USCIS will transport applicants a revised Form I-797, Detect of Action, the receipt notice for Form I-90, printed on secure newspaper, every bit proof of the extension of their Green Card.

This notice will be printed on secure paper and will serve every bit evidence of identity, employment potency and authorization to render to the United States following temporary foreign travel when presented with an expired dark-green card.

I-90 Light-green Card Replacement Applications All the same May Need to Obtain I-551 Stamp at USCIS Field Part as Proof of LPR Status

Information technology should exist noted that this change in process applies to I-90 applications seeking to extend an expiring green card. I-90 applicants who seek to replace a greenish card (for example, where it has been lost) may nonetheless need to contact USCIS in order to obtain a I-551 (ADIT) stamp in their passport equally show of LPR condition and for purposes of entering the The states later international travel.

Obtaining such stamp requires an Infopass date to be scheduled with USCIS. While USCIS Contact Centers (1-800-375-5283) continue to schedule local office appointments for those seeking an Crawlway stamp, they may simply practice and then "where in that location is an emergent need."

Examples of a situation where an appointment will likely exist scheduled include a need to document continued status for employment-verification purposes or for necessary international travel. Expiration of a driving license may not exist sufficient reason, based on our prior experiences. In whatsoever case, it is very important to be able to clear (and be fix to document) the urgent need to obtain an extension stamp.

Grade I-9 and E-Verify Compliance and Documentation

Equally a effect of USCIS replacing the temporary I-551 extension sticker, information technology is probable that some employers may have questions on how to certificate employment say-so based on an expired light-green menu and a awaiting I-90 application. According to USCIS/I-9, employees may present their expired green card together with their I-90 receipt notice (Form I-797) as acceptable List A document that establishes identity and employment authorisation for Grade I-9 purposes.

When completing Grade I-9 employers should record an expiration date of 12 24 months past the "Card Expires" engagement and should indicate "PRC Ext" and the I-xc receipt number in the "Additional Information" box on Form I-nine. Employers who retain copies of documents (depending on their I-ix pracitces) are also instructed to retain copies of both the green card and the I-90 receipt notice and employers may not reverify green card holders who nowadays this combination of documents to demonstrate work dominance.

Employers can obtain additional data at I-ix Key or The Handbook for Employers, Guidance for Completing Form I-9.

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