A United States Permanent Resident Card, also known as the Green Card, is an identification card for a lawful permanent resident of the United States of America. Green Card serves as a proof that its holder has permission to conditionally reside and take employment in the U.S. Green Card also refers to a process of becoming a LPR.
If an immigrant wants to work while his application for a green card is pending, an temporary work permit, Employment Authorization Document (EAD), is needed. If an immigrant wants to travel abroad while his US green card application is pending, alien has to obtain advance parole travel document. The holder must maintain resident status by residing in the United States and can be removed (if certain crimes are committed, for example).
The name "green card" comes from the fact that the predecessor, form I-151 Alien Registration Receipt Card, introduced at the end of World War II, was printed on green paper. Form I-551 was adopted in 1977 and has been printed on paper of various colors, none of which were green, butGreen cards were formerly issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). That agency has been absorbed into and replaced by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Shortly after re-organization BCIS was re-named to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).the term "green card" has nonetheless remained in use.
If an immigrant wants to work while his application for a green card is pending, an temporary work permit, Employment Authorization Document (EAD), is needed. If an immigrant wants to travel abroad while his US green card application is pending, alien has to obtain advance parole travel document. The holder must maintain resident status by residing in the United States and can be removed (if certain crimes are committed, for example).
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