[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR264.5]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
      CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (IMMIGRATION AND 
                             NATURALIZATION)
 
PART 264_REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES--
Table of Contents
 
Sec.  264.5  Application for a replacement Permanent Resident Card.

    (a) General. An application for a replacement alien registration 
card must be filed on Form I-90 with the initial evidence required on 
the application form and with the fee specified in 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1); 
except that no fee is required for an application filed pursuant to 
paragraphs (b)(7) through (b)(9) of this section, or paragraphs (d)(2) 
or (d)(4) of this section.
    (b) Permanent residents required to file. A permanent resident shall 
apply for a replacement Permanent Resident Card:
    (1) When the previous card has been lost, stolen, or destroyed;
    (2) When the existing card will be expiring within six months;
    (3) When the existing card has been mutilated;
    (4) When the bearer's name or other biographic information has been 
legally changed since issuance of the existing card;
    (5) When the applicant is taking up actual residence in the United 
States

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after having been a commuter, or is a permanent resident taking up 
commuter status;
    (6) When the applicant has been automatically converted to permanent 
resident status;
    (7) When the previous card was issued but never received;
    (8) When the bearer of the card reaches the age of 14 years, unless 
the existing card will expire prior to the bearer's 16th birthday; or
    (9) If the existing card bears incorrect data on account of Service 
error.
    (c) Other filings by a permanent resident.
    (1) A permanent resident shall apply on Form I-90 to replace a prior 
edition of the alien registration card issued on Form AR-3, AR-103, or 
I-151.
    (2) A permanent resident may apply on Form I-90 to replace any 
edition of the Permanent Resident Card for any other reason not 
specified in paragraphs (b) and (c)(1) of this section.
    (d) Conditional permanent residents required to file. A conditional 
permanent resident whose card is expiring shall apply to remove the 
conditions on residence on Form I-751. A conditional permanent resident 
shall apply on Form I-90:
    (1) To replace a card that was lost, stolen, or destroyed;
    (2) To replace a card that was issued but never received;
    (3) Where the prior card has been mutilated;
    (4) Where the prior card is incorrect on account of Service error; 
or
    (5) Where his or her name or other biographic data has changed since 
the card was issued.
    (e) Application process--(1) Accompanying documents--(i) 
Photographs. An I-90 application must be filed with two color 
photographs meeting the specifications on the application form.
    (ii) Prior evidence of alien registration. An I-90 application filed 
under paragraph (b) (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), or (9) of this section must 
include the prior Permanent Resident Card or other evidence of permanent 
residence or commuter status.
    (iii) Evidence of name or other biographic change. An I-90 
application filed under paragraph (b)(4) of this section must include 
the order, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, changing the 
applicant's name, or with the applicant's marriage certificate. An 
application to change other biographic data on a card must include 
documentary evidence conclusively establishing the new data.
    (2) Filing--(i) Where to file. An I-90 application shall be filed by 
the applicant with the Service office that has jurisdiction over his or 
her place of residence, except for those applicants filing an I-90 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(6) of this section, who shall file the 
application with the Director of the Service Center having jurisdiction 
over his or her place of residence. If the applicant's place of 
residence is outside the United States and there is no Service office in 
that foreign country, the application shall be filed by the applicant, 
in person, at the American Consulate with jurisdiction over his or her 
place of residence.
    (ii) Data collection form. An applicant must execute the signature 
and fingerprint blocks of Form I-89, Data Collection Form, at a Service 
office when filing an I-90 application.
    (3) Miscellaneous--(i) Fingerprinting. After filing an I-90 
application, each applicant filing under paragraph (b)(8) of this 
section shall be fingerprinted on Form FD-258, Applicant Card, as 
prescribed in Sec.  103.2(e) of this chapter.
    (ii) Interview. An applicant may be required to appear before an 
immigration officer or consular officer and be interviewed under oath 
concerning eligibility.
    (iii) Waiver of requirements. The Service may waive the photograph, 
in person filing, fingerprinting, and I-89 execution requirements of 
this section in cases of confinement due to advanced age or physical 
infirmity.
    (f) Decision. If an application is denied, the applicant shall be 
notified of the reasons for denial. No appeal shall lie from this 
decision.
    (g) Eligibility for a card while in deportation or exclusion 
proceedings. A person in exclusion proceedings shall be entitled to 
evidence of permanent resident status until ordered excluded. Such 
evidence shall be in the form of a temporary Form I-551 issued for a 
period sufficient to accomplish the exclusion proceedings. A person in 
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proceedings shall be entitled to evidence of permanent resident status 
until ordered deported or excluded. Issuance of an Permanent Resident 
Card to a person in exclusion or deportation proceedings, provided the 
person had status as a lawful permanent resident when the proceeding 
commenced, shall not affect those proceedings.

[58 FR 48779, Sept. 20, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 1466, Jan. 11, 1994; 
59 FR 33905, July 1, 1994; 63 FR 12987, Mar. 17, 1998; 63 FR 70316, Dec. 
21, 1998; 65 FR 57724, Sept. 26, 2000]