A permanent resident card is commonly known as a green card and allows the holder to reside and work in the United States. The current version was adopted in 2004. Such cards are commonly valid for a period of ten years and must be renewed upon expiration. Employment reverification is not necessary upon expiration and renewal of a permanent resident card, or removal of conditions upon permanent residence, imposed because of recent marriage or investment. However, a permanent resident stamp in a foreign passport affixed by U.S. immigration authorities as temporary permanent residence does need to be reverified when it is replaced by one of the cards which are displayed below. A sample of the most recent version of the card appears immediately below. Samples of prior versions appear below that. No sample is provided of a temporary stamp in a foreign passport, which might be more easily reproducible for improper purposes.

An earlier version of the permanent resident card was issued beginning in 1997 by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice prior to the creation of the Citizenship and Immigration Service of the Department of Homeland Security. It is almost identical as to appearance except as to the issuing agency and a less sophisticated hologram.

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