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REV. MAY 3, 2018 NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY MANUAL LETTER #43-2018 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 477-000-003

How to Identify USCIS Documents:

Current Lawful Permanent Resident Card – Form I-1551 This card is often referred to as a “green card.”

FRONT: Green and blue background with the person’s photograph on the left and the Statue of Liberty on the right side. The top of the card reads “United States of America Permanent Resident.” The person’s USCIS number, category code, country of origin, and date of birth are printed in the center. A laser-engraved fingerprint is found in the lower right-hand corner. The expiration date is on the front: month, day, and year.

Note: this card may contain no expiration date, a 10-year expiration date, or a two-year expiration date. Cards that expire in 10 years or not at all are issued to lawful permanent residents with no conditions on their status. Cards that expire in two years are issued to lawful permanent residents with conditions on their status. Conditional residents can lose their status if they fail to remove these conditions.

BACK: Color gradually changes from pink to blue. A barcode strip is found at the top. Three lines of machine readable printing are found at the bottom on white background.

An expired Permanent Resident Card along with a Form I-797, Notice of Action, indicates that the card is valid for an additional year.

Unexpired Foreign Passport with I-551 Stamp A foreign passport may contain a temporary I-1551 stamp or temporary I-1551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa (MRIV). Verify when the stamp or MRIV expires. If the stamp or MRIV does not contain an expiration dated, the document expires one year after the issuance date.

Unexpired Foreign Passport with Arrival/Departure Report - Form I-94/I-94A The Form I-94 must bear the same name as the passport and contain an endorsement of the alien’s nonimmigrant status that authorizes the person to work for a specific employer incident to this status.

This documentation may only be used if the period of endorsement has not yet expired and the proposed employment does not conflict with any restrictions or limitations listed on Form I-94 or I-94A, Arrival/Departure Report.

Proof of entry is signified by U.S. immigration stamp. Date of entry is stamped. Non-immigrant visa classification (letter or letter and number) is printed or stamped on "Admitted" line. Valid status expires on date enumerated at "Until" section of stamp. Refugees and asylees each receive a separate INS stamp. Asylum seekers have "valid to" date, while refugees have a date of admission.