Lost greencard!! What to do

[BenNv 0]

So i did my biometrics today and lost my greencard after that lol! Anybody know what i do now? Can i still do my interview?

[nigel 7]

Your pocket book won't be LOL..

you would have to apply for another one and show proof you payed for a new one at interveiw..

[BenNv 0]

I feel stupid enough as it is! So i will have to order a new card just to show at the interview and then they will just discard it anyway?

Edited January 20, 2011 by BenNv

[duly 0]

So i did my biometrics today and lost my greencard after that lol! Anybody know what i do now? Can i still do my interview?

I believe what you need to do is file a form I-90 (Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card) for a replacement card online. It will generate a receipt notice instantly and you can take that with you to your interview. The down side is that you will have to pay the fees. If you have a few days before your interview, I would suggest making an infopass appointment and discussing your situation with the IO. I am pretty sure you will have to file an I-90 because you have to submit your green card at the time of oath unless you have a receipt notice for an I-90.

I lost my GC right before I filed my N400 and I was required to submit an receipt notice for an I-90 application. It states the same on the document checklist for N400. Here is the link - read #1 (line 2). I'm not sure if the requirement becomes different when you're in the middle of the n400 process.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/attachments.pdf

[bonnerbonner 6]

Do you have a copy of the front and back of it? Did you mail a copy of it with your N400 application? IF yes, then take that copy with you... however file a police report that it was lost. Take that report with you to the interview with you.

[duly 0]

I feel stupid enough as it is! So i will have to order a new card just to show at the interview and then they will just discard it anyway?

They won't discard anything, probably they'll cancel your application. This is because the processing time for a replacement card is around 6 months, mush longer than the typical naturalization timelines. As stupid as it may sound, they do all the background checks again even if the I-90 is for a lost card. You will have to do biometrics again unless they use the same from your N400.

[BenNv 0]

I mailed a copy of the front and back with my application! I might also have another copy also! Do i have to physically show the actual greencard at the interview?? Maybe if i explain that i lost the greencard right before the interview it will be ok??

[SuperDuper! 230]

Do you have a copy of the front and back of it? Did you mail a copy of it with your N400 application? IF yes, then take that copy with you... however file a police report that it was lost. Take that report with you to the interview with you.

+1.

Can't emphasize how important it is to make a copy of this little devil GC. Cost is hundred$ to replace that GC.

We use our copy of the card more than the original itself. We don't like to carry hundreds in the pocket needlessly ready to lose or have stolen....

Definitely carry when it really counts.

Good Luck OP!

[BenNv 0]

So there going to cancel my application, wait 6 months for a replacement card to come and then refile again just because i lost the card?? Could it be any worse

[Inky 1,110]

No, he was saying they would cancel the application for the replacement card. Not the N400.

[BenNv 0]

Thanks for the advice guys! So do you think i should do a infopass and explain my situation or just file the I-90 and show the receipt at the interview or just show up to the interview and say i lost my card after my fingerprints were taken and hope they say it's ok seeing as they have copies that i sent with the application?

[Inky 1,110]

If you can get an infopass rather quickly ( for a date in the next few days ) I would make one before applying for a new Green Card right away. It seems redundant to apply for a replacement in the middle of the process and when you have copies of the original.. But better to check if you do need to apply for one than apply and find out you didn't need to.

[NickD 202]

If you can get an infopass rather quickly ( for a date in the next few days ) I would make one before applying for a new Green Card right away. It seems redundant to apply for a replacement in the middle of the process and when you have copies of the original.. But better to check if you do need to apply for one than apply and find out you didn't need to.

I forgot the trick required to schedule an infopass appointment when my wifes' and stepdaughters' one year extension for that I-751 was about to expire. Think I had to get up at around 3:00 AM to check for any vacancies. Mainly recall, it was a very stressful time. Any later than that, was no open appointments. Maybe it was 4:00 AM, but getting on the infopass site, one second, no vacancies, another second could find one or two.

[milimelo 4,477]

Do NOT file I-90 for replacement GC - you're fine with a copy of it and a police report .

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

First . . . wait and hope that somebody will find the card and contacts you. You do have your phone # on the cover or the back of the card together with "CASH Finder's Fee," right?

Second, nobody cancels nothin' now.

Before the interview, file the N-90. It's as good as the card and as expensive, but faster. Take it with you to the interview and it will be signed off as "okay." Thus, when you'll have to surrender your card at the Oath Ceremony, you'll have a waiver.

So this won't slow you down, but is still costs $$$s and still sucks.