305.17 Verification of Qualified Alien Status (AAM)

COMMON USCIS DOCUMENTS

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION AND

NON-CITIZEN STATUS

I-94 -

Arrival-Departure Record

Issued to most non-citizens upon entry into the U.S. It is attached to an unexpired foreign passport. Often it includes neither an A-number nor a photograph. It also may contain entries such as the following:

•       Section 203(a)(7)-Conditional Entry

•       Section 207-Refugee

•       Section 208-Asylee

•       Section 212(d)(5)-Parolee

•       Cuban/Haitian Entrant

•       Amerasian Immigrant (may have codes AM1, 2, 3 or AM 6, 7, or 8)

I-151 (Obsolete) -

Alien Registration Receipt Card (Also called "Green Card")

Issued to lawful permanent residents prior to June 1978. This form is no longer issued.

Although no longer acceptable as verification of lawful permanent resident status, an expired I-151 does not indicate lack of permanent resident status. Encourage the individual to contact BCIS, 1-800-375-5283, for instructions on how to replace the I-151 card with the current I-551 card.

I-327 -

Reentry Permit

Issued to lawful permanent residents (lawful immigrants) before they leave the U.S. for a one- to two-year period. The document bears an expiration date.

I-551 -

Permanent Resident Card (also called "Green Card" although it is no longer green)

Issued to lawful permanent residents after June 1978. Valid indefinitely. Replaced previous Form I-151, which is no longer valid as of 3/20/96. Also known as the "Alien Registration Receipt Card."

•       Also issued to conditional residents, such as non-citizen spouses of U.S. citizens or lawful residents. When this is the case, the form is only valid until the expiration date on the back. Annotated "CR."

I-571 -

Refugee Travel Document

Issued to non-citizens who have been granted refugee status. This document contains an expiration date.

N-560A -

Certificate of naturalization

Issued for babies verified by USCIS as born to U.S. citizens overseas.