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How did Green Cards get their name? It's my understanding they aren't actually green.
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The first alien registration cards were white and registration took place in local post offices. However, at the end of WWII, registration was moved to the federal INS (Immigration Naturalization Service) offices. The INS divided aliens into three categories - visitors, permanent residents and temporary foreign workers - and assigned each category a specific license. Permanent residents received the I-151, which was green in color. The full title of the license was very long ("alien registration receipt card form I-151") and was thus unofficially dubbed "Green Card" in everyday jargon.
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http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/what_is_a_green_card.html
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/Legislation%20from%201941-1960.p...
http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/what_is_a_green_card.html
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/Legislation%20from%201941-1960.p...
The current Green Card (United States Permanent Resident Card) is not actually "green". It got its name from the early version that was green.
During the end of WWII, there were so many immigrants applying for alien registration, they actually had to divide them into three categories: visitors, permanent residents, and temporary workers. The permanent residents forms were green to distinguish theirs from the other two.
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