Permanent resident card LOST!

[wifetobe 2]

Hey guys... I was wondering if one of you lovely people would advise me on what to do if I've lost my permanent resident card? I am due to file for ROC which expires February 2012. I have a photocopy of my card as I needed to renew my British passport but I have somehow misplaced my card and I know I need to include this card in my ROC package. What shall I do? Feedback is appreciated!! Thank you.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Hey guys... I was wondering if one of you lovely people would advise me on what to do if I've lost my permanent resident card? I am due to file for ROC which expires February 2012. I have a photocopy of my card as I needed to renew my British passport but I have somehow misplaced my card and I know I need to include this card in my ROC package. What shall I do? Feedback is appreciated!! Thank you.

If you took a photocopy of front and back side of your Green Card, you were smart, cause that's exactly what you'll need to submit with your RoC petition in February. If you did not do that, did not scan your card, and managed to misplace it (a triple-decker), then your punishment comes in form of you having to file an I-90 form for a replacement with USCIS. The cost would be $450 and it takes between 3 and 6 months to receive it.

In any case, I would turn my house upside down, inch for inch, before I'd kiss $450 goodbye.

Final word of wisdom: once you receive your new Green Card, put it together with your passport in the safest place you have access to, as you will need your Green Card when you need your passport and vise versa. If you don't know where you have your passport, get a firesafe, perhaps from a thrift store, and put it in there. If you tend to forget where you kept the firesafe, make a note and place it in a capsule that you put on your key fob. If you tend to lose your key fob, I would have to give up.

[wifetobe 2]

If you took a photocopy of front and back side of your Green Card, you were smart, cause that's exactly what you'll need to submit with your RoC petition in February. If you did not do that, did not scan your card, and managed to misplace it (a triple-decker), then your punishment comes in form of you having to file an I-90 form for a replacement with USCIS. The cost would be $450 and it takes between 3 and 6 months to receive it.

In any case, I would turn my house upside down, inch for inch, before I'd kiss $450 goodbye.

Final word of wisdom: once you receive your new Green Card, put it together with your passport in the safest place you have access to, as you will need your Green Card when you need your passport and vise versa. If you don't know where you have your passport, get a firesafe, perhaps from a thrift store, and put it in there. If you tend to forget where you kept the firesafe, make a note and place it in a capsule that you put on your key fob. If you tend to lose your key fob, I would have to give up.

Firstly thank you for your kind response.. and Yes I was smart as I have the front and back copy of the perm res card phheewww!!! I always kept it in a safe place and in the same place I usually keep it but obviously idiot like me misplaced it. I will look for it anyway but just glad I don't need to send them the actually card.. just the copy and it's in colour too.

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