applying for a duplicate green card

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Is it a bad idea to apply for a duplicate permanent resident card just for back up purpose? In other words, can we re-apply saying we have lost the orginal one? will this process cancel our orginal plastic card?
 
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You may be able to do it, but it is not worth the risk of lying for it. I don\'t understand why you are so concerned of it being lost.

Note that SRC# is present on the card and will change if you apply for new card.
 
It\'s just like a credit card

If you apply for one extra one pretending that you
have lost the original, then the original one is
canceled automatically.

In the GC, the SRC/WAC number etc is present.
That\'s the case number for the greencard production.
Once you apply for a new one, that case number is
invalidated. If you present the old GC to an INS
official, he will swipe it in his computer and find
that it\'s not valid.
 
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>In the GC, the SRC/WAC number etc is present.
>That\'s the case number for the greencard production.

Are you sure? On my card, that number is my I-485 case
number
 
Duplicate GC.

We received two Green cards with in a period of 2 weeks, I think its a mistake by INS, but still both the cards look exactly same.
 
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