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My father inlaw's greencard expired around 1995 and didn't renew it . My wife is a permanent resident now I would like to know if there is a way for him to renew his green card or can my wife would have to petition for him

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When she naturalises.

When she naturalises.

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My father inlaw's greencard expired around 1995 and didn't renew it . My wife is a permanent resident now I would like to know if there is a way for him to renew his green card or can my wife would have to petition for him

How did he manage to get a green card that expires in 1995? INS issued green cards without an expiration date until 1989. They started issuing 10 year green cards the same year, so the first 10 year green cards would have expired in 1999. Did he have a conditional (e.g., 2 year) green card?

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My father inlaw's greencard expired around 1995 and didn't renew it . My wife is a permanent resident now I would like to know if there is a way for him to renew his green card or can my wife would have to petition for him

I share Jim's thoughts on this, but let me answer your question aside from the big question mark.

Assuming it's an unconditional Green Card, one that was valid for 10 years and not 2 years, the expiration of the document does not have any impact on the status itself. The same way a U.S. citizen is still a U.S. citizen if his passport is expired, your father-in-law's status was not impacted just because his Green Card expired.

There is no penalty for filing late; in fact, some people save a lot of money by not applying for a new card until they really need it. It's really needed for international travel. For work and I-9 form purposes a state-issued driver's license and an unrestricted SS card suffice.

Your father-in-law can file for a new card via USCIS form I-90, which now costs $450.00

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If your father-in-law's Green Card was a conditional one, valid only for 2 years, he has a problem.

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Does father-in-law live in the USA at this time, or abroad? If abroad, for how many years has he been abroad?

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