Can we apply for citizenship with a lost GC?

[kt128 4]

So I came across this Q&A from The City University of NY regarding applying for citizenship with a lost green card

Q. CAN MY FRIEND NATURALIZE DESPITE HAVING LOST HER GREEN CARD? I’M A VOLUNTEER FOR CUNY CITIZENSHIP NOW! ONE OF MY FRIENDS LOST HER WALLET CONTAINING HER PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD. SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS A LITTLE GIRL. SHE’S NOW IN HER FORTIES. SHE KNOWS HER ALIEN NUMBER. CAN SHE BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN WITHOUT REPLACING HER LOST CARD?

August 19, 2011 | Legal Permanent Residents (LPR), Naturalization

A. Your friend can naturalize without getting a new permanent resident card. Applying for U.S. citizenship will save her time and money.

Some people are confused about this issue. That’s because if you ask USCIS if you must get a new green card when you lose one, the agency representatives say “yes.” The reason for their answer is that the law requires a permanent resident to always have a valid, unexpired card as evidence of their immigration status. However, if you ask USCIS if you can naturalize without replacing a lost or expired card, the answer is again “yes.” USCIS will not penalize your friend for not getting a new card. The agency is clear that having a valid, unexpired card is not a condition for getting U.S. citizenship.

When submitting her application, your friend can just provide her alien number and USCIS should be able to retrieve her case history. Remember that in order for your friend to apply for naturalization, she must have resided continuously in the United States as a Legal Permanent Resident for the last five years, immediately prior to applying for naturalization, unless she has been married to and living with a U.S. citizen for the last three years and the spouse has been a citizen for the past three years).

At her naturalization interview, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services examiner will want to see proof of how, and when your friend became a permanent resident. This may include a copy of her green card approval. Also, I would advise your friend to report the loss of her green card to the police so that she can document the loss.

Is this true or it is just for those who reside in NY. I am in the same situation, and I was thinking about making an infopass at the Milwaukee field office.

[jkelly07 120]

on the n-400 application it ask for copy of your permanent resident front and back, you should down load 1-90 look at the instructions for replacement.it' is 365.00 fee

[JimmyHou 611]

So I came across this Q&A from The City University of NY regarding applying for citizenship with a lost green card

Q. CAN MY FRIEND NATURALIZE DESPITE HAVING LOST HER GREEN CARD? IM A VOLUNTEER FOR CUNY CITIZENSHIP NOW! ONE OF MY FRIENDS LOST HER WALLET CONTAINING HER PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD. SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS A LITTLE GIRL. SHES NOW IN HER FORTIES. SHE KNOWS HER ALIEN NUMBER. CAN SHE BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN WITHOUT REPLACING HER LOST CARD?

August 19, 2011 | Legal Permanent Residents (LPR), Naturalization

A. Your friend can naturalize without getting a new permanent resident card. Applying for U.S. citizenship will save her time and money.

Some people are confused about this issue. Thats because if you ask USCIS if you must get a new green card when you lose one, the agency representatives say yes. The reason for their answer is that the law requires a permanent resident to always have a valid, unexpired card as evidence of their immigration status. However, if you ask USCIS if you can naturalize without replacing a lost or expired card, the answer is again yes. USCIS will not penalize your friend for not getting a new card. The agency is clear that having a valid, unexpired card is not a condition for getting U.S. citizenship.

When submitting her application, your friend can just provide her alien number and USCIS should be able to retrieve her case history. Remember that in order for your friend to apply for naturalization, she must have resided continuously in the United States as a Legal Permanent Resident for the last five years, immediately prior to applying for naturalization, unless she has been married to and living with a U.S. citizen for the last three years and the spouse has been a citizen for the past three years).

At her naturalization interview, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services examiner will want to see proof of how, and when your friend became a permanent resident. This may include a copy of her green card approval. Also, I would advise your friend to report the loss of her green card to the police so that she can document the loss.

Is this true or it is just for those who reside in NY. I am in the same situation, and I was thinking about making an infopass at the Milwaukee field office.

You can go to your interview without replacing your greencard, but you should report your card lost to the police and take the police report with you to the interview.

Please see the three experiences described below, they both describe going to the interview without a greencard.

Note, that I'm assuming your greencard is still valid; if the expiry date on your lost greencard has passed, you may have to renew it.

http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussion-forums/n400/1307479043/n400-interview-experience-in-los-angeles-9-2013-no-green-card

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/304585-lost-green-card-for-naturalization-interview/

http://www.***removed***/forum/showthread.php/97653-lost-green-card

You should also keep in mind that USCIS interviewers can be very inconsistent. You may get an officer who isn't aware of the rules, so any way in which your case differs from a typical interview may cause delays.

Edited July 24, 2014 by JimmyHou

[JimmyHou 611]

You can go to your interview without replacing your greencard, but you should report your card lost to the police and take the police report with you to the interview.

Please see the three experiences described below, they both describe going to the interview without a greencard.

Note, that I'm assuming your greencard is still valid; if the expiry date on your lost greencard has passed, you may have to renew it.

http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussion-forums/n400/1307479043/n400-interview-experience-in-los-angeles-9-2013-no-green-card

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/304585-lost-green-card-for-naturalization-interview/

http://www.***removed***/forum/showthread.php/97653-lost-green-card

You should also keep in mind that USCIS interviewers can be very inconsistent. You may get an officer who isn't aware of the rules, so any way in which your case differs from a typical interview may cause delays.

In these cases, the applicants had to present a police report (or at least two of them did) and sign a paper stating that their greencard was lost. They then had to present that paper instead of the greencard at the oath ceremony.

[Dave&Roza 748]

on the n-400 application it ask for copy of your permanent resident front and back, you should down load 1-90 look at the instructions for replacement.it' is 365.00 fee

Does she have a copy of the front and back of the GC? If not, I am not sure if the application will be accepted as that is one of the required documents. I would file the police report for a lost card and include that with the N-400 application and see if they issue an RFE for a copy of the GC. If they do, then she will have to apply for a replacement and then send in a copy of the I-90 and NOA1 from it as I am sure it will take longer for the replacement GC to arrive than the time allowed for the RFE response.

This is for all people going thru the immigration proves: PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF YOUR GC, FRONT AND BACK. That way you at least have proof that you had the card at one time and can continue the process when the USCIS wants a copy--i.e. ROC, Naturalization.

Good luck,

Dave

[kt128 4]

You can go to your interview without replacing your greencard, but you should report your card lost to the police and take the police report with you to the interview.

Please see the three experiences described below, they both describe going to the interview without a greencard.

Note, that I'm assuming your greencard is still valid; if the expiry date on your lost greencard has passed, you may have to renew it.

http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussion-forums/n400/1307479043/n400-interview-experience-in-los-angeles-9-2013-no-green-card

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/304585-lost-green-card-for-naturalization-interview/

http://www.***removed***/forum/showthread.php/97653-lost-green-card

You should also keep in mind that USCIS interviewers can be very inconsistent. You may get an officer who isn't aware of the rules, so any way in which your case differs from a typical interview may cause delays.

Thank you for your input! This is exactly what i was looking for in an answer.