What do you do if you lost your green card?
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Go to the Dept of Justice website, find whatever it is they're calling the INS lately (it's been changed recently), and I remember seeing the procedure you need to follow.  Post if you can't find it, and I'll look for it too.  Oooh I can't even imagine losing mine.  I'd have a heart attack.\n\nOk, here it is... from http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/replace.htm\n\nHow Do I Apply to Replace My Permanent Resident Card?\n\nIf you are a permanent resident, who needs to replace your card, or conditional resident who needs to replace your two-year card, for any of the reasons listed above, you may apply for a replacement card by filing a USCIS Form I-90.\n\nA Form I-90 can be downloaded from this site, or ordered by calling the USCIS Forms request line at 1 (800) 870-3676, or by submitting a request on-line here. After receiving Form I-90, read it carefully. Detailed information is provided in the instructions for Form I-90.\n\n\nApplicants may also file Form I-90 on-line using an Internet connection. Please see Introduction to E-Filing.
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nope\nyou need to take your id card.ss# a medical card \nits a bugger to get it replaced, and if you have a birth certificate it would help
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Whats about to give a green card to any hard worker who came to do the best here in exchange of the one who is deported because is a gang member or a felon?  is like send the trash out and give the opportunity to a good person to have legal rights here.  Green Card Recycling Program.... why not?
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How do I replace a lost Social Security card? \n \n  Question \n  I lost my Social Security card. What should I do?\n \n \n  Answer \n  You can replace your Social Security card for free if it is lost or stolen. However, you are limited to three replacement cards in a year and 10 during your lifetime. Legal name changes and other exceptions do not count toward these limits. For example, changes in noncitizen status that require card updates may not count toward these limits. Also, you may not be affected by these limits if you can prove you need the card to prevent a significant hardship.\n\nTo get a replacement card:\n\nComplete an Application For A Social Security Card (Form SS-5); and\nShow us documents proving: \nU.S. citizenship (or immigration status and work eligibility); and\nIdentity.\nTake (or mail) your completed application and documents to your local Social Security office.\nAll documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents.\n\nFor more information, see Documents You Need for a Social Security Card.\n\nWe will mail your number and card as soon as we have all of your information and have verified your documents. Keep your Social Security card in a safe place. Do not carry it with you.
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You are probably SOL.  If you were married two years when he got the green card and he was able to fool you and the consular officials, then he got his permanent residence without any conditions.  Unless he paid you for the green card and you can convice the consulate or the local officials of that, he just got away with it.  \n\nIf you want to pay a private investigator a couple thousand, they can find him for you.  They can also find out if he was married to someone else, or gets married again or if he's doing something that will jeaopardize his status.
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First of all let me clarify:  If the validity date on you card is expired then it does not mean that you have become illegal. It's just that the document has expired but your immigration status is intact. You need to file form I-90 to get a replacement card. Go to the following link for complete instruction on how to apply for a replacement green card.\n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-90.htm\n\nSince you are in status you can get an employment.\n\nNow the other situation could be that you are out of status that means that you have been outside of US for more than 1 year.  In that case you can apply for a Returning Resident Visa at your near east US embassy or Consulate.
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Try calling the New York Immigration Coalition and see if they can take your case.
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You cannot be deported if your green card expires while you are in the US.  At worst, it can be a bit of a headache if you ever need to prove that you are in the US legally (to receive benefits such as a driver's license in some states, get a new job, recieve social services like worker's comp, unemployment insurance, etc.)  There may also be a relatively small fine, as all green card holders over the age of 18 are supposed to have their green card on their person at all times.  Having said all that, as long as you don't have any complicated issues to resolve (criminal problems, physical presence issues, etc), it is nto very expensive to either renew your green card or to apply for your citizenship.
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Green card is not a visa. It is permanent residency.\nWhen processing your green card any amount of out of status time will be looked upon unfavourably unless you had a valid reason like waiting for change of status.\nIf you are out of status, you have to change your status to another visa like H1 before applying for permanent residency.\nAll relevant info is available on the website\nwww.uscis.gov\nThey have toll free numbers you can call about your problems.
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call them.. send mail... do whatever it takes if you miss them
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Call the police, they are trained for that.  Can you move in the mean time?\n\nHe has a criminal record that led to his deportation.  He most likely entered the States illegally.\n\nThey'll pick him up.
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USCIS website has an online case status link. You will need the receipt # of the petition filed to be able to gain access.
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Was your green card a conditional green card (with a 2 year expiration date)? If so, you will have to start all over again and have your new spouse apply for you. If so, I highly suggest that you hire an immigration attorney (NOT AN "IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT"!), as you will have a very difficult time explaining why your first marriage didn't last long enough for you to get your green card.\n\nIf it was a permanent green card (with a 10 year expiration date), you have not lost your residence status. You simply file a Form I-90, which has a $260 filing fee.\n\nYou can download the form at the URL listed below. You mail it to:\n\nU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services\nP.O. Box 54870\nLos Angeles, CA 90054-0870\n\nThey will send you a letter telling you to go to have your "biometrics" (fingerprints) taken at an Application Support Center. Sometime after that happens, you will receive your new card in the mail. Make sure you take your old card with you when you go to the ACS for the fingerprints.
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You will have to apply for the green card through the lottery. Good luck, they only give out about 50,000. The number of people applying is in the millions. So there is a slim chance. Best chance to get a green card is marrying an american citizen. Go to www.uscis.gov to find out other ways of getting into the country, for example work visa etc. Once you get a green card your spouse and children will receive one, too.
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Go to your local American consulate and apply for a green card. Or find an employer (or someone else) who is willing to sponsor your application.
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I see two different possible courses of action for you.  The first is addressing the Consulate of Egypt in which you attempted to get a visa, and ask them to hand your papers back to you.  You should have received an application number.  It will help them locate your papers in case you provide them with such number.  \n\nNow, in case that doesn't work (and it sounds like it won't, given that so far you still haven't got them back), you could try another thing.  You should file a report in the competent authority (depending on the nature of the papers the Egyptian Consulate retained), and in that report you would state that your papers have been lost.  You will be charged for new papers, but you are entitled to having new papers by law, as long as you can prove that they are no longer under your possession.  \n\nBut it's not like you file the report and shazam! - you have your papers.  What I'd sugest you to do is file the report in the nearest police station (don't dial 911 for that!), and then address the specific authorities that issue each of  papers you need.  Be sure to take a copy of the report certifying that you lost the papers.
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A Green Card, officially known as a Permanent Resident Card, is evidence of your status as a lawful permanent resident. A Green Card gives you the right to live and work permanently in the United States.\n\nThere are other ways to apply for a Green Card:\n\n- Marriage to a United States citizen\n- Through Adoption\n- Through Employment\n- Through Investment\n- Through Relatives/Family Members\n- As a Special Immigrant\n- Green Card Lottery