[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

 

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 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



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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 

deportation 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]