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  • Effective September 10, 2024, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of green cards of lawful permanent residents for thirty-six months, provided they have properly filed Form I-90 applications to renew their expiring or expired green cards.
  • USCIS has begun printing amended Form I-90 receipt notices reflecting the new thirty-six-month extension language. 
  • The new Form I-90 receipt notice and the expired green card will be required to demonstrate eligibility for the thirty-six-month extension.

To benefit from this new policy, green card holders must properly file Form I-90 to renew an expiring or expired green card. Applicants who have already received I-90 receipt notices listing a twenty-four-month extension will be sent an amended receipt notice from USCIS containing new language regarding the thirty-six month extension. USCIS started printing these amended receipt notices on September 10, 2024.

To demonstrate work authorization and continued status, green card holders will need: (1) an amended or original receipt notice providing for the thirty-six-month extension, and (2) the expired green card. Those who do not receive an amended I-90 receipt notice containing the new thirty-six-month extension language may wish to consider contacting USCIS to request this notice, if it is urgently required to document status and/or work authorization.

Ogletree Deakins’ Immigration Practice Group will continue to monitor developments with respect to these and other policy changes and will provide updates on the Immigration blog as additional information becomes available.

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