Homeland Security Department has announced that legal residents who hold a green card without an expiration date may have to pay $370 to replace them ($290 application fee, $80 for biometrics). There were approximately 750,000 green cards without expiration dates issued to legal residents in the United States between 1977 and 1989. When these cards are replaced, they will be required to have electronic fingerprints, photos and background checks. Bill Wright, spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Services, stated, “We want to bring folks back in so we can redo the biometrics, so we can ensure the right person has the right card. It’s a security issue.”

USCIS green card replacement FAQ: http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/I551ReplacementQA082207.pdf

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