green card

The popular name for an Alien Registration Receipt Card. Green cards (which were green many years ago but are now pink) are credit card sized plastic photographic identification cards issued to lawful permanent residents of the United States. They allow the holder to live and work in America. Green cards also take the place of a visa and allow non-citizens to enter the United States after traveling abroad. Although a holder can live and work in the U.S. permanently (unless the green card is lost due to abandonment or commission of certain crimes or immigration violations) the green card itself lasts for ten years and must be replaced with a new card when the old one expires.

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