From: gumby@tweedledumb.cygnus.com (D V Henkel-Wallace)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: I-551 copy now legal (was: How long does INS take to return original GC)
Message-ID: <GUMBY.93Aug8234120@tweedledumb.cygnus.com>
Date: 9 Aug 93 03:41:20 GMT


   Date: 9 Aug 1993 00:09:39 GMT
   From: ajain@dante.nmsu.edu (JAIN)
							       Because
   it is illegal to copy the Form I-551 (commonly known as the GC), I
   had to send my original GC to the INS office at Dallas.

This law has changed in the past couple of years -- you can copy your
green card and other documents, if you send along a some sort of
statement and can produce the originals in person.

This info (plus the text of the statement) is included on an
unnumbered form I got from the INS when I got the forms for a
replacement green card.