---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.1615"
title: "20"
number: "416.1615"
heading: "How to prove you are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.1615"
---

# §416.1615. How to prove you are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.

- (a) **What you should give us.** You can prove that you are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States by giving us—
  - (1) An Alien Registration Receipt Card issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in accordance with that Agency's current regulations;
  - (2) A reentry permit;
  - (3) An alien identification card issued by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands showing that you are admitted to the Northern Mariana Islands for permanent residence; or
  - (4) INS Form I-688 which shows that you have been granted lawful temporary resident status under [section 210](/cfr/20/210.md) or [section 210A](/cfr/20/210A.md) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
- (b) **What to do if you cannot give us the information listed in paragraph (a).** If you cannot give us any of the documents listed in [paragraph (a)](#a), we may find you to be lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States if you—
  - (1) Explain why you cannot give us any of the documents; and
  - (2) Give us any information you have which shows or results in proof that you are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
- (c) **What “United States” means.** We use the term United States in this section to mean the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 3106, Jan. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 21943, June 10, 1987; 56 FR 55075, Oct. 24, 1991; 61 FR 56134, Oct. 31, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1614 (a)(1)(B) and (e), and 1631 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1382c (a)(1)(B) and (e), and 1383); 8 U.S.C. 1254a; sec. 502, Pub. L. 94-241, 90 Stat. 268 (48 U.S.C. 1681 note).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 3106, Jan. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 3106, Jan. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 21943, June 10, 1987; 56 FR 55075, Oct. 24, 1991; 61 FR 56134, Oct. 31, 1996]