Document Type:
Alien
Registration Receipt Card
Document Number:
I-551
Residency status:
Permanent
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
This form replaced older issues of the I-151. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
Alien Registration Receipt Card
Document Number:
I-551
Residency status:
Permanent
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
This form replaced older issues of the I-151. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
Alien Registration Receipt Card
Document Number:
I-151
Residency status:
Permanent
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
This form is no longer issued but is still in circulation and still valid. Photo may be either color or black and white.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
Alien Registration Receipt Card
Document Number:
I-151
Residency status:
Permanent
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
This form is no longer issued but is still in circulation and still valid. The form is bluish-green.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
Alien Registration Receipt Card
Document Number:
I-151
Residency status:
Permanent
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
This form is no longer issued but is still in circulation and still valid. The form is bluish-green. Photo may be either color or black and white.
Cash Benefit Status:
Eligible
Document Type:
Employment Authorization
Document Number:
I-688A
Residency status:
Holder has applied for temporary residency
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Illegal noncitizens who apply and go through a preliminary interview for residency under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (legalization program) are first issued the I-688A. The card gives them the right to work in the U.S. When they are granted temporary residency, they are issued the I-688.
Laminated.
Photo is part of the form and has no raised edges. Gold Department of Justice seal in laminate is superimposed over the middle of the card front.
SNAP Status:
Not eligible
Document Type:
Temporary Resident Identification Card
Document Number:
I-688
Residency status:
Temporary
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
Photo is part of the form and has no raised edges.
Gold Department of Justice seal in laminate is superimposed over the middle of the card front.
SNAP Status:
Not eligible
Document Type:
Refugee Documentation
Document Number:
I-94
Notes:
This version was issued from January 1, 1983, through September 30, 1985.
SNAP Status:
Eligible refugee
Document Type:
Cuban/Haitian EntrantDocumentation
Document Number:
I-94
Notes:
All Cubans and Haitians have been granted extended employment authorization by an act of Congress.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
Refugee Documentation
Document Number:
I-94
Notes:
This version was issued after October 1, 1985.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
Departure Record
Document Number:
I-94
Notes:
This form is issued to visitors to the U.S. and will show the date of issue and date by which the visitor must depart.
Employment is not allowed unless specifically noted on the form.
The form is carried in conjunction with a passport.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if stamped "Refugee" or "Parolee." INS section number should also be verified.
Document Type:
Passport
Notes:
This is an example of a passport that has been stamped inside by the INS.
SNAP Status:
Eligible if other criteria are met; see 522.11
Document Type:
U.S. Citizen Identification Card
Document Number:
I-197
Residency status:
U.S. Citizen
Employment:
Allowed
Notes:
Laminated.
Form I-197 has not been issued since April 1983 and there is no replacement card. The card was issued to naturalized U.S. citizens. The cards are still in circulation and still valid.
SNAP Status:
Not eligible
Document Type:
Certification of Birth issued by the Department of State
Document Number
FS-545
Notes:
Issued by U.S. embassies and consulates overseas to U.S. citizens born abroad.
Document Type:
Certification of Birth issued by the Department of State
Document Number
DS-1350
Notes:
Issued to U.S. citizens born abroad.
Document Type:
U.S. Citizen Identification Card
Document Number
I-197
Notes:
Issued by the INS to U.S. citizens.
The INS no longer issues this card.
Document Type:
Identification Card for Use of Resident Citizen in the U.S.
Document Number
I-179
Notes:
Issued by the INS to U.S. citizens who are residents of the U.S.
The INS no longer issues this card.