Is there any point to the paper card envelope USCIS issue with Green Card now?

[Mrsjackson 300]

1 hour ago, mushroomspore said:

Sure seems like it. The seams of the my envelope are already coming apart a bit.

There has got to be something lining it, even if it’s not visible or obvious. Tape it and keep it covering your card. 

[TBoneTX 43,040]

Y'know, one little call to any CBP port might resolve the question.

Anyone here who's traveling soon, try to remember to ask at POE.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

21 hours ago, Loren Y said:

Passports also have the chip inside them as about 7-8 years ago. The passport cards and nexus, and sentri cards do also. So do TWIC cards ( But not used for border entry) I have all on these cards and passports. When I come thru the border with a car full of people, you can see the counter above the reader count off the cards it reads 1,2,3,4 etc. once all the cards or passports or sentri cards are read, then we pull to the window. If you passport has this chip symbol on it, then you have the chip also in your passport( See photo) I think just about all passports are swapped out now.

 

 

I was remarking on the fact that the 3 passport cards and passport were sitting in a pile in between my front seats and the scanner only picked up the cards' RFID and not the passport's.  I was guessing that it was somehow different or not able to be read at such a distance.

 

[fip & jim 452]

On 5/10/2019 at 5:29 PM, Loren Y said:

It blocks RFID signals. My wife just got her EAD AP card and it come with the sleeve also. If I get a chance I will post a link to a video of me reading the card without the sleeve on it, and then in the sleeve you will see it doesn't read it. I just tried it yesterday as I was commenting on another post about the same thing. There may be a video on YouTube already, but I'll whip one up when I get a chance to. The us passport had a chip now, and so does the us passport card. I have covers for both of them that block RFID signals. Higher powered readers can pick up the card from 5-7 feet away.

I just did my own little experiment at our local store. My credit card is contactless so I placed it in the GC sleeve when I went to pay by tapping my card on the reader. It couldn't read the card.