Where do you keep your green card/EAD?

[Kittyfang 6]

Hey guys!

Received my green card today! I was wondering if you carry it in your wallet.

When I received my SSN card, it said not to carry it in your wallet, so I'm wondering if the same applies to GC... and EAD, for that matter.

[Harsh_77 716]

I leave mine at home I keep a copy on me though.

Technically as per the USCIS regulation if ones on visa they are supposed to carry their passport all the time with them, but I have never heard any such thing for perm residence.

[marriedtomrg 140]

I keep it in my wallet, in the small sleeve that came with the envelope to prevent people from being able to scan it. The instructions say to keep the card with you at all times when you are 18 years old and above. So I have my daughter's green card in a safe place (she's only 11).

I have a scanned copy of my card here at home.

Hey guys!

Received my green card today! I was wondering if you carry it in your wallet.

When I received my SSN card, it said not to carry it in your wallet, so I'm wondering if the same applies to GC... and EAD, for that matter.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

By law, you are supposed to have it on you at all times when out of your house. It's smart to make a copy to keep somewhere in case it gets lost or stolen you have the numbers. My husband keeps his in his wallet in the special sleeve. (I lol at the sleeve a bit, but it is smart )

[jkelly07 120]

i would keep the green card in my wallet, my social security card i keep at home but i write down the number or try to remember the ss number and make copies of both of them. to keep in a safe place,

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

Keeping mine in my wallet, which is with me almost all the time.

[Kittyfang 6]

Thank you guys! I will be keeping it in my wallet. My SSN card is also there, but simply because my wallet is the most secure place in the house right now! But since we're apparently collecting really important papers (USCIS, taxes, SSN cards) as we grow older, we're planning on buying on of those fire proof boxes and keep everything in there.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Just use the search function on people have have lost their Green Card or had theirs stolen and you'll realize that the -- by a wide margin -- worst place for it is the wallet. Thieves go for wallets, and this way they get it all in one move -- Green Card, driver license, SS card, bank ATM card, credit card(s) -- hence the cry me a river when people have to wait 6 months for a new GC and have to chill out $450.00 for it.

I always had my GC in a firesafe box in a Steelcase steel file cabinet in my house. I have taken it out when traveling internationally (once since 1994) or when going to USCIS to my N-400 interview. Other than that, I have not been asked for it or about it in almost 20 years. I have never shown my SS card in over 20 years; all that's needed (all the time) is the number, which you should memorize as soon as possible.

[Kittyfang 6]

Just use the search function on people have have lost their Green Card or had theirs stolen and you'll realize that the -- by a wide margin -- worst place for it is the wallet. Thieves go for wallets, and this way they get it all in one move -- Green Card, driver license, SS card, bank ATM card, credit card(s) -- hence the cry me a river when people have to wait 6 months for a new GC and have to chill out $450.00 for it.

I always had my GC in a firesafe box in a Steelcase steel file cabinet in my house. I have taken it out when traveling internationally (once since 1994) or when going to USCIS to my N-400 interview. Other than that, I have not been asked for it or about it in almost 20 years. I have never shown my SS card in over 20 years; all that's needed (all the time) is the number, which you should memorize as soon as possible.

Yup, I plan on buying one of those fire proof boxes. Can't carry everything on me for the rest of my life. hehe.

When preparing our AoS, I had put every original document in one folder that I kept by the front door and I told my husband that if the house caught fire, we're grabbing the dogs and the folder!

[Vuvu zela 9]

Like Bob, I don't think it's necessary or wise to carry your green card or social security card in your wallet.

You don't need to present your green card at the store when buying groceries, at the gas pump or to catch a taxi or a bus.

The few instances someone needs to present his green card are to travel internationally, to get a new driver's licence, to a potential employer or when applying for a new social security card.

If someone absolutely wants to carry his green card all the time for whatever reasons, then it's wise to keep the original in a safe place at home and only carry a copy in your wallet.

[juliava 80]

I have a copy of my GC - front and back in my every-day bag. The original has always been at home unless I travel internationally.

The SS card is something that you are going to show only for employment purposes or for applying for a DL. Other than that, I would say keep it at home but memorize that SS number because you will be asked for it many times from now on.

[juliava 80]

When preparing our AoS, I had put every original document in one folder that I kept by the front door and I told my husband that if the house caught fire, we're grabbing the dogs and the folder!

Oh Lord.

You are lucky that you don't have to remove conditions.

[katiemanny 64]

Just use the search function on people have have lost their Green Card or had theirs stolen and you'll realize that the -- by a wide margin -- worst place for it is the wallet. Thieves go for wallets, and this way they get it all in one move -- Green Card, driver license, SS card, bank ATM card, credit card(s) -- hence the cry me a river when people have to wait 6 months for a new GC and have to chill out $450.00 for it.

I always had my GC in a firesafe box in a Steelcase steel file cabinet in my house. I have taken it out when traveling internationally (once since 1994) or when going to USCIS to my N-400 interview. Other than that, I have not been asked for it or about it in almost 20 years. I have never shown my SS card in over 20 years; all that's needed (all the time) is the number, which you should memorize as soon as possible.

Same here GC, SSC, passports, BC, MC, etc... are in firesafe box which can survive any catastrophic events even Tsunami. I even travel without my GC out of state

[BMW4me 12]

i agree with people who says they keep it in home

there's no need to keep it with you at all times, i know in the letter it says, you must keep it with you at all times, that makes no sense, a driver's license is all you need in this country as a proof of IDentification.

lol they probably saying that just so you can lose it and file a I-90 and pay $400

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

A friend of mine who is homosexual always kept his Green Card on him "at all times," as required. Then, one day, he went to a bar, picked up another dude, after which they went home and got closer.

Now, he didn't want the other guy to know that he's not a US citizen (discrimination and so), so he put the card in a plastic bag where the light don't shine. Well, they got it going, first orally and then . . . well . . . you can imagine. When he had to pull out the bag with the card in order to get really busy, the dude he had picked up in a bar was really upset and dumped him then and there. That was the last time he carried the card on him at all times.

True story.