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Originally Posted by snellemin
Getting a replacement driver license is as easy as going online and apply for one for a few bucks and getting it in the mail within a week. If the greencard was as easy as going online and low cost, that yea no issue for me to carry my greencard. Hell getting a Surinamese passport is easier than a green card. Or how about going to the post office to apply for you American passport. Easy as pie. Greencards are more valuable to immigrants than Americans think. Why, because you can't get one with ease. Like I said before. It took my parents more then 7 years to get one. And they did it the legal way. 7 Years of waiting just so you can give your kids a better opportunity in life.
Make the replacement cost affordable and quick and I'll carry mine anytime, just like I carry all my other ID's.
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Look Snell I have seen some of your posts in here for a while now and you are a pretty straight up guy. I do not come in RCM to fight with anyone on this point. Yes I understand that it took 7 years to get your first green card, but that is not the case if you have to apply for a replacement card because it was stolen or lost. Federal law requires anyone with a green card to carry it at all times. Not me, the Federal law states it. It does not say except if. If your not going to at least carry the original green card, than carry a copy of it for the reason you shared. That can be explained and proven to be a true copy if anything should come up. I do understand the cost and the PITA it takes to get one replaced if it is lost. That is the way it is, and all I can say is do not lose it. I am 52 years old and have been carrying a license, and military ID card an a whole lot of cesurity type ID's most of my life. I have never lost one yet. I did however drop my wallot into the North Atlantic one time and luckily got it back with a boat hook. We were in the middle of a really bad storm with 100mph winds and the whole wallot just blew right out of my hands. I treat my ID's like gold and protect them as such. Anyone who has ID's should treat them the same way. Especially if they are valuable to you. Like I said I have to do it for every country we have lived in, so I know how you feel about the value of those ID's. I have never had a green card, but I have to believe that they keep a good record of what is issued. So if someone was to lose one they could show their other ID's and have another one made up fairly easy. Of course we all know there is red tape to go through for every Gov issue, but it is still a doable process.