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AmericanWannabe said:
It may only mean you don't have to have the card on you
when you take out your trash or go to mail box to get mails
or take a short walk outside your house. But when you
even drive to nearby durg store, you have to carry it
because if you are asked by an IO for it at the drug store,
you can not show it if you leave it at home.
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Thats why, keep copies of GC/485 approval notice in CAR as well as office.
 
qwerty987666 said:
Thats why, keep copies of GC/485 approval notice in CAR as well as office.
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But neither the oroginal law nor the USCIS website
say a copy is OK. The law says you have to
carry the ORIGINAL card and the USCIS website
says you must be able to show the ORIGINAL
card when requested.


Maybe it is good idea to claim your lost the
card and get another one. Then you
suddently found the old one and
so you have two. Carry one and
leave the other home
 
AmericanWannabe said:
But neither the oroginal law nor the USCIS website
say a copy is OK. The law says you have to
carry the ORIGINAL card and the USCIS website
says you must be able to show the ORIGINAL
card when requested.
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But LAW don't stop you carrying copy of GC... Is it?? So if immigration officer asks you, show him copy of GC and tell him that original is at home or wherever it is. If officer still wants to see original, GET it from home.

AmericanWannabe said:
Maybe it is good idea to claim your lost the
card and get another one. Then you
suddently found the old one and
so you have two. Carry one and
leave the other home
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If you are too much worried about carrying copy of GC, go ahead and get another one. Personally I don't see any problem in it. But somebody on this forum might start foul CRY that its breaking LAW/lying to CIS :D :D blah blah. But just ignore him
 
Has anyone really charged with not carrying the card? All
courts records are open to the public and we should
find some real cases if they ever happened.

That guy charged with not reporting change of address
was not charged with not carrying the card but I bet he
did not carry it. Maybe INS just wanted to deport
him so they figured INA 265 is a deportable offense
(per INA 266) but INA 264 is not so they went fot INS
265 only
 
It seems some court say "inability to produce documentation does not in itself provide probable cause (to arrest)."

"The disappointing aspect of Gonzales is the statement that an alien's "inability to produce documentation does not in itself provide probable cause (to arrest)." See Gonzales v. City of Peoria, supra, at 16. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1304(e), aliens are issued registration cards and must carry such cards with them at all times. Aliens who gain entry without the requisite inspection, and who therefore are not issued such cards, violate 8 U.S.C. § 1325. Consequently, a law enforcement officer confronting an alien who is unable to produce documentation arguably has probable cause to believe that a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1304(e) (failure to possess documents or 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a) (entry without inspection) has occurred. (If the alien is undocumented and has been in the United States for longer than 30 days, he or she has also violated 8 U.S.C. § 1306(a))."
 
AmericanWannabe said:
Has anyone really charged with not carrying the card? All
courts records are open to the public and we should
find some real cases if they ever happened.

That guy charged with not reporting change of address
was not charged with not carrying the card but I bet he
did not carry it. Maybe INS just wanted to deport
him so they figured INA 265 is a deportable offense
(per INA 266) but INA 264 is not so they went fot INS
265 only
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Good thoughts., Members please post any experiences on this topic
 
qwerty987666 said:
Good thoughts., Members please post any experiences on this topic
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If you stopped by IOs for not carrying the card, you might
say I never carry it. then you can be charged
with multple counts of violations where counts
=the number of days since got the card.

Each count carries $ 100 and 30 day in jail.
Accumulatively, that will reach to the
point of deportation
 
AmericanWannabe said:
If you stopped by IOs for not carrying the card, you might
say I never carry it. then you can be charged
with multple counts of violations where counts
=the number of days since got the card.

Each count carries $ 100 and 30 day in jail.
Accumulatively, that will reach to the
point of deportation
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Are you talking about "real cases" or just burb in your mind.??
 
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