Enter your A-Number exactly as it appears on your immigration records or Permanent Resident Card.

Enter your USCIS Online Account Number if one has been assigned. This is different from your A-Number and case receipt number.

Enter the Family Name, Given Name and Middle Name that should appear on the new Permanent Resident Card.

Where requested, provide your name exactly as it appears on the current Permanent Resident Card.

Examples can include a registered marriage certificate, divorce decree, adoption decree, court order or another legal document establishing the change. USCIS requires legal name-change evidence when this filing reason applies. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"}

Provide the complete address where you can reliably receive USCIS mail, including In Care Of Name where applicable, street number and name, apartment, suite or floor, city, state, ZIP Code, province, postal code and country.

If your physical residence differs from the mailing address, provide your actual physical address separately.

Enter your actual date of birth exactly as supported by your legal records.

Enter the location where you were born.

Enter your country of birth.

Enter your mother's given name as requested by the current form.

Enter your father's given name as requested by the current form.

Enter the immigrant classification under which you became a lawful permanent resident. This is usually shown on your Green Card or immigration records.

Enter the date you were admitted as a permanent resident or the effective date of permanent residence shown on your immigration records.

Enter your U.S. Social Security Number if one has been issued. Do not enter a foreign tax or national identification number.

Select this reason when your Green Card is no longer available because it was lost, stolen or destroyed.

USCIS instructions direct applicants to submit a copy of the card if available, or qualifying government-issued identification showing name, date of birth, photograph and signature. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="3"}

Use this reason only when USCIS issued the card but you never received it, and the facts meet the USCIS instructions for this filing reason.

Depending on how you became a permanent resident, evidence may include an applicable Form I-797 notice or the passport page showing the temporary I-551 endorsement issued on immigrant admission. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="5"}

Select this reason when the existing Permanent Resident Card is physically damaged or partially destroyed and needs replacement.

Select this reason only when DHS caused the incorrect information on the card. USCIS instructions require the original card with the incorrect data, not merely a copy, together with proof of the correct information. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="6"}

Select this reason when your name or another item of biographic information legally changed after your current card was issued.

Submit the legal evidence supporting the new information, such as a registered marriage certificate, divorce decree, adoption decree, court order, birth certificate or other applicable document. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="8"}

This is the standard renewal reason for a qualifying 10-year Permanent Resident Card that has already expired or will expire within six months.

Use the applicable age-14 registration reason when you reached age 14, are filing within the required timeframe, and the current card will expire after the 16th birthday.

Use the separate age-14 reason when the current card will expire before the 16th birthday, subject to the timing rules shown in the current form instructions.

The current form directs applicants filing before the 14th birthday or more than 30 days after it to the other applicable replacement reason, unless the card has expired and the expiration reason applies. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="11"}

Select this reason if you are a lawful permanent resident who will reside outside the United States and commute to qualifying employment inside the United States. USCIS identifies this as permanent resident commuter status. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="12"}

If taking up commuter status, provide the city or town and state of the expected U.S. Port of Entry.

Select the applicable reason if you are currently a permanent resident in commuter status and are now taking up actual residence in the United States.

Select this reason if your status was automatically converted to lawful permanent resident status under an applicable immigration provision.

Use the applicable reason if you possess an older edition of the Alien Registration Card or need replacement for a reason not otherwise listed in Part 2. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="13"}

Select this reason if the existing conditional card was lost, stolen or destroyed.

Use this reason only when the conditional card was issued but never received and the current USCIS instructions for non-delivery are satisfied.

Select this reason when the conditional card has been physically damaged or mutilated.

Use this reason when incorrect information on the conditional card was caused by DHS. The original incorrect card must be submitted under the current instructions. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="15"}

Use this reason if your legal name or other biographic information changed after the conditional Green Card was issued.

Provide the location where you applied for the immigrant visa or adjustment process that resulted in permanent residence.

If you immigrated through consular processing, provide the location where the immigrant visa was issued. If you adjusted status in the United States, provide the USCIS office where adjustment was granted.

Provide the U.S. destination listed or intended at the time you entered as an immigrant.

Provide the city or town and state of the U.S. Port of Entry where you were admitted as a permanent resident.

Answer whether, since becoming a permanent resident, you ever filed Form I-407 or were otherwise determined to have abandoned lawful permanent resident status. The current form requires a detailed explanation for a Yes answer. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="17"}

Select all race categories that apply from the options provided on the current form.

Enter your height in feet and inches.

Enter your weight in pounds.

Select the eye-color option that best applies.

Select the hair-color option that best applies.

Describe the accommodation requested, including the sign language if you are requesting a sign-language interpreter.

Describe the accommodation needed for blindness or low vision.

Describe another disability or impairment and the accommodation requested.

Indicate whether you read and understood every question and instruction yourself or whether an interpreter read the form to you.

Indicate if another person prepared the application for you.

Provide a current daytime telephone number.

Provide your mobile telephone number where applicable.

Provide your current email address where applicable.

Read the declaration and certification carefully before signing. By signing, you certify that the application and evidence are complete, true and correct.

Provide the interpreter's Family Name and Given Name.

Provide the interpreter's business or organization name where applicable.

Provide the complete mailing address requested by the form.

Provide the interpreter's telephone and email information where applicable.

The interpreter certifies fluency in English and the language used to interpret the application, then signs and dates the certification.

Provide the preparer's Family Name and Given Name.

Provide the preparer's business or organization name where applicable.

Provide the preparer's mailing address, telephone numbers and email address as requested.

If the preparer is an attorney or accredited representative, complete the applicable representation information and submit Form G-28 when required.

The preparer certifies that the application was prepared at the applicant's request using information provided or authorized by the applicant, then signs and dates the section.

Provide your identifying information at the top of the additional-information section.

For each additional explanation, identify the exact Page Number, Part Number and Item Number.

If the available space is insufficient, follow the USCIS instructions for attaching additional sheets and clearly identify the question being continued.

Submit a copy or the original card when required by the specific filing reason. For example, DHS-error cases require the original incorrect card. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="19"}

For lost, stolen, destroyed or non-delivered card cases, USCIS may require a government-issued identity document containing your name, date of birth, photograph and signature. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="20"}

Provide the official civil or court records establishing a legal name change when the card is being replaced for that reason.

If correcting biographic information, submit reliable documents showing the correct information, such as applicable birth, marriage, divorce, adoption, court or passport records.

Where applicable, provide the relevant Form I-797 approval or receipt evidence, temporary I-551 evidence, and qualifying identity documentation according to the current instructions. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="21"}

If changing to or from commuter status, provide the evidence required by USCIS for residence and qualifying U.S. employment.

Any foreign-language evidence submitted to USCIS must include a complete English translation and the required translator certification.