I-551 is a pain in the A***
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I think the confusion is that when the OP said "I-551", they probably meant I-551 stamp. But it is not commonly known that a green card is an I-551 (and in fact, a green card is the more common and "regular" type of I-551). So the title should really be that the temporary types of I-551 are more of a pain in the butt than the regular type of I-551.
but your right, despite a spell where it was not green, it is called a green card because at times it has had a green color. It says Permanent Resident” on the front but most people don’t call it that either.
