Green Card Renewals

September 19, 2024

USCIS Announces 36-Month Automatic Extensions for I-90 Green Card Renewal Applications

We are excited to share new updates for green card holders who are renewing their Permanent Resident Cards (Green Cards).

Starting September 10, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will automatically be extending the validity of green cards to 36-months for all those who properly file Form I-90 to renew an expired or expiring green card with USCIS. This means that receipt notices issued to green card renewal applicants will now automatically include the 36-month extension.

Previously, USCIS provided a 24-month extension of the validity of a green card on Form I-90 receipt notices. Now the language on Form I-90 receipt notices will extend the validity of a green card for 36 months from the expiration date on the face of the current green card.

USCIS began printing amended receipt notices for individuals with a pending Form I-90 on September 10^th.

As evidence of your lawful permanent resident status and your employment authorization, you must present your I-90 receipt notice along with your expired green card.

Why did USCIS issue this extension?

The new 36-month extension is meant to provide relief to applicants who are experiencing longer than normal processing times, so that their employment and travel plans remain uninterrupted while applications remain pending with USCIS.

March 20, 2023

USCIS Introduces Mail Delivery for Receiving ADIT Stamp for LPRs with Lost or Stolen Green Cards

by Jacob Sapochnick

USCIS has just made it a lot easier for Lawful Permanent Residents with a lost, stolen, or misplaced green card to obtain evidence of their immigration status. Last week, the Service announced that LPRs may now request an Alien Documentation, Identification, and Telecommunication (ADIT) or I-551 stamp by mail as temporary evidence of their permanent resident status, instead of having to visit a local USCIS field office.

Who needs an ADIT stamp?

The ADIT (Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunication systems) stamp (also known as an I-551 stamp) is placed on an individual’s passport or I-94 card as temporary evidence of the alien’s lawful permanent resident status, where the alien no longer has the green card in their possession either due to loss, theft, or where a replacement green card has not yet been issued, or where the alien is waiting for an extension of his or her LPR status to be approved and their extension notice has expired.

September 29, 2022

USCIS Extends Green Card Validity Extension to 24 Months for I-90 Green Card Renewals and Replacements

by Jacob Sapochnick

In this blog post we share with you some great news for lawful permanent residents filing Form I-90 Application to Replace or Renew existing permanent resident cards.

On September 28, 2022, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that beginning September 26^th the agency will be automatically extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (Green Cards) to 24 months for lawful permanent residents who file the Form I-90.

All green card holders who file Form I-90 to renew an expiring or expired green card will receive this automatic extension on their receipt notice. Previously, Form I-90 receipt notices for green card renewal applicants provided an automatic extension of only 12-months.

USCIS has already started printing amended receipt notices for individuals that have a pending Form I-90 application with USCIS, granting the 24-month extension.

These receipt notices can be presented with an expired Green Card as evidence of continued status to employers, and during international travel. The additional 12-month validity period was provided as a form of relief to those applicants who have been experiencing longer processing times.