Bob

It's good till your 70, so even better

Bob

a greencard isn't like a drivers license where you can go to any dmv office to get another one issued and doesn't cost very much or take much time though does it compared to losing a greencard.

TruBrit

when i got mine 10 yrs ago i asked at the immigration point at the airport when do i need to carry my g/c and they said mainly for travelling in/out the usa...no need to carry it on me as id is sufficient. i have never been stopped or asked for it so guess i've been lucky.

Bob

The letter I got when my card arrived did say to have the card at hand at all time and be able to show it if asked.....but it was in small print, not something made abundantly clear, neither was it mentioned in my AOS interview....I only knew to carry it at all time from reading this newsgroup.

Ray

Exactly my point ..... was the mention on the 797C or on the card holder sheet ...

TruBrit

yeah now i know i'd best put it in my wallet...i know some on here have said they carry a copy...wonder if a copy would suffice if stopped

Ray

A year or so back the USCIS had two statements about this which contradicted each other.. one said you had to carry it .. the other said ..you just had to know where it was at any time ...

Bob

I think it was on the card holder sheet, towards the bottom, I only noticed it because I read the whole thing, but it was hardly clear and it didn't make a big fuss that NOT carrying it would be against the law, and I could see how someone with slightly dodgy eyesight or a bit of carelessness would easily miss it, as it wasn't printed in red ink or anything.

fatbrit

Here's a quick checklist for N400 applicants and BE posters. Thank god I never lived in Kansas, otherwise I would never have qualified for citizenship!

In Alabama, it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
In Texas, it is illegal to curse in front of, or indecently expose oneself to, a corpse.
In Michigan, a man legally owns his wife's hair.
Kansas law prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.
In Idaho, the law states all boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.
It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.
In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school or place of worship.
In Washington state, it's against the law to sleep in an outhouse without the owner's permission.
Putting salt on a railroad track can be punishable by death in the state of Alabama.
In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
In Alabama, dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
In New York City, it's illegal to shake a dust mop out a window.
In Connorsville, Wisconsin a man is legally prohibited from shooting a gun while his female partner is having an orgasm.
In New York, it's against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
In Pueblo, Colorado, it is illegal to let a dandelion grow within city limits.
In the state of Washington, it's illegal to catch a fish by throwing a rock at it.
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.
In Berkeley, California, you can't whistle for an escaped bird before 7:00 a.m.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take anything other than backwards steps while dancing.
In California, it is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
In Florida, having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
San Francisco bans any "mechanical device that reproduces obscene language."
In Nogales, Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
In Logan County, Colorado, it's illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she's asleep.
There's a San Francisco law that states it's illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a barricaded room.
In the state of Texas, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
A person is not eligible to become governor in Pennsylvania if they have participated in a duel.
It's against the law for a woman to drive in a house coat in California.
In Texas, it's illegal to milk another person's cow.
There is, in fact, an Illinois law that prohibits a number of things—one of which is a public erection, another is nude dancing. The prohibition against the public erection has never been challenged in the Supreme Court, but the prohibition against nude dancing has.
In Indiana, mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a "tendency to habitually kiss other humans."
In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception—prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
In Alabama, it's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."
It's illegal to have sex with a corpse anywhere in the United States.
In Mississippi, S & M is against the law. Specifically, "The depiction or description of flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or in undergarments or in a bizarre or revealing costume for the purpose of sexual gratification."
As recently as 1990, these states had laws against the use of dildos: Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington D.C.
In Minnesota, it is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse with a live fish.
In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
An excerpt from Kentucky state legislation: "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club."
The only acceptable sexual position in Washington, D.C. is the missionary position. Any other sexual position is considered illegal.
In Michigan a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
It is illegal for any member of the Nevada legislature to conduct official business wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in session.
In Ventura County, California cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
In the state of Texas it is a misdemeanor if two men engage in oral and or anal sex. The same law does'nt apply to men and women engaging in the same activity with each other.
In Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with the lights on.
In the state of Utah, sex with an animal—unless performed for profit—is not considered sodomy and therefore is legal.
Anywhere in the U.S., it's illegal to use any live endangered species (except for insects) in public or private sexual displays, shows or exhibits depicting cross-species sex.
In the quiet town of Connorsville, Wisconsin, it's illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm.
In the state of Washington there is a law against having sex with a virgin under any circumstances (including the wedding night).
A Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local newspaper.
It's against the law in Willowdale, Oregon, for a husband to curse during sex.
Sodomy laws have been repealed—or are ignored—in most states, but not Georgia, where a man was sentenced to five years in prison for engaging in oral sex. With his wife. With her consent. In their home.
An Oklahoma state representative once proposed a bill requiring that a man explain the dangers of pregnancy and obtain a woman's written consent before the two could legally engage in sexual intercourse.
In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.
Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with you—or holding you in his arms.
Bozeman, Montana, has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown—if they're nude.
An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.
In hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to have twin beds. The beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds.
The owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude, nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.
An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.
A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a civil-service job—for men only—called a corset inspector.)
In Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.
A law in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing.
Lovers in Liberty Comer, New Jersey, should avoid satisfying their lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while frolicking behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, the couple can face a jail term.
Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio—the thinking is that a man might see the reflection of something he shouldn't.
Maryland prohibits the selling of condoms through vending machines in gas stations and stores—with one major exception. Prophylactics may be dispensed by a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
In Texas, no one other than a "registered pharmacist" may sell condoms or other kinds of contraceptives "on the streets or other public places." No, not even physicians. Anyone who tries to make a few extra bucks doing this will be severely prosecuted for the dire act of "unlawfully practicing medicine."
Kentucky and Idaho limit condom sales to medical practitioners and licensed pharmacists, but their license to sell the items may not be hung on a wall where it can be seen by customers.
Maine licenses condom sellers and the license must always be on public display.
Both Indiana and Ohio have laws that prohibit male skating instructors from having sexual relations with their female students. This misdeed, called "the seduction of female students," is prosecuted as a felony. This statute applies only to male teachers. It seems female skating instructors may have sex with male students.

Rete

Laws changed during those ten years.

Ray

Re-read mine .............nothing .....

scrubbedexpat099

Your quite right, just done the maths.

Definition of old age is when you have to do subtraction to work out how old you are.

scrubbedexpat099

You are required to carry your passport with you at all times.

TruBrit

yes so i have gathered and i was not aware of any updates...i usually follow the guidelines on something like this...i have just applied for my new g/c as present one expires later this yr and so will look at the wording when the new one arrives..

scrubbedexpat099

Perhaps the answer to all these issues is to schedule regular appointments with your Immigration Attorney to review any issues that you may have or legal changes that have taken place that may impact you.

Like you would with a Doctor or Dentist.