My green card was thrown away by someone else by accident, and the thing is I just received it and haven't gotten a chance to open a bank account and get driver license. Don't have a passport, only social security. Called Citizenship and Immigration services and they said replacement will take awhile, they are shorthanded and just serving requests from November, 2006. So it's going to get a year to get it, I can't afford not being to work, have a car and bank account or anything else!
Now I have researched that they can put a stamp "temporary evidence" that you are a permanent resident in your passport while they do a replacement, but I don't have a passport! How do I get around this? Since I came to US before I was 18 I only have social security and birth certificate. Can they do standalone document of some sort just for this purpose, temporary evidence so I can actually live and do something.
2007-11-20 13:24:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I moved out from my country when I was a little kid, I never owned a passport. And I need my green card in order to get passport if I'm not mistaken. I have stated that I moved here when I was young and they don't issue you a passport until you turn 18.
2007-11-20 13:40:16 · update #1
Please read the whole thing before replying, I called them and will be replacing my card which will take a year to do so. but i cannot wait that long to have an ID, I need temporary ID with which I can open bank account and work.
2007-11-20 13:42:23 · update #2
Contact your countries embassy here in the US and get a passport from them. Most Embassies can issue passports pretty quickly.
Richard
2007-11-20 13:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be a citizen in order to get a US passport. Or you take the next step past the green card and take the test and become naturalized...... hence becoming a US citizen. Everybody that I know who is apermanent resident carries a passport from their home country and their green card. So you might want to recheck what you saw.
Even if you obtained a passport from your home country you would still be dead in the water. Even if you got some sort of document (say an official printout) stating your residency you would still need something w. your picture on it to get any sort of ID.
Is there an actual office that you can visit? Maybe they said requests through 2006 really mean for new applications not renewals. There has to be some way to speed this up...... what if there was a family emergency? I would find an office and/or spend some serious time on the phone. I would do this BEFORE you send in any apllications. If you do so after they may just tell you that since you are already being processed you just have to wait.
I am a US citizen and once lost ALL identifying documents and it was a nightmare.
2007-11-21 03:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by jackson 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to www.uscis.gov and you can also call them and ask the process.
apply for I-90 form: Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
It will cost you about $370 because you will have a biometrics fee and filing fee. and it will take about more than three months to get your green card back.
2007-11-20 13:38:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋