On May 1, the US Immigration Service replaced a new green card and work card. what has changed?

20 17, 1 From May, the US Immigration Bureau began to issue new green cards and work cards. According to the explanation of immigration officials, both sides of the new green card and work card are printed with the photo of the holder, and both have unique images and background colors. Among them, the green card will have the Statue of Liberty with a large area of green as the background. There is an image of an American vulture on the work card with a large red background. At the same time, a new green card and work card are embedded in the whole system image. Both identity documents no longer show the cardholder's signature. There are no more filter strips on the back of the green card.

Immigration officials specifically stated that the old green card and work card are still valid before their own validity period; Some green cards are permanent and have no validity period, so they will be permanent. When I-9 forms are executed to verify work permits, E-verify projects to confirm employees' identities, and SAVE projects to confirm foreigners' identities, new and old versions of green cards and work cards can be accepted. Even the old green cards and work permits in stock will continue to be issued until they are all issued.

On April 19, the Immigration Bureau announced that it would issue a new version of the green card and work card, and said that the redesign of these two identification documents was the "Next Generation Security Identification Document Project" (The

Part of the next generation secure identity document project is mainly to deal with the threat of identity document tampering and fraud. Permanently valid green card holders and holders of stolen or lost green cards and work cards can reduce the possibility of fraud and tampering by applying for new identity certificates. The Immigration Bureau also visually displays different versions of green cards and work cards on the homepage.