The green card is the kind of license provided to an alien in the United States of America as a lawful proof to stay and exert in the country. A person who got the green card gets the right to stay in the country. The green card is either issued for the time period of two years or either ten years. The expired green card after the valid time period has to be renewed to order to get the further authority to stay in the country. Without this proof, one is not eligible to stay in. There is several numbers of conditions for the renewal of the expired green card and on number of valid basis and mediums one get the green card.

The first valid medium to obtain a green card by an alien is the case of marriage. If one get wedded to a citizen of United States of America, so as per the laws the individual gets the right to stay in the country and right on the green card. In such a case the individual gets the green card on the provisional basis for a limited period of time of two years. The individual after the expiration of the time period has to get its expired green card renewed within the time period of ninety days from the expiration period. The permanent green card been issued is of ten years. The conditions and procedure to get renewed the expired green card of both the different time periods is different. The forms which one has to fill for the procedure of both time periods are different. On the expiration of the green card issued for ten years, if one due to any circumstances is unable to renew its expired green card, it will not lose its nationality of being stable citizen of United States of America.

By the orders of law, every citizen of United States of America must have a green card with them. At the time of renewal of an expired green card, one gets a temporary proof as the citizen of the country. This is a proof that the person is not illegally reciting in the country. This temporary proof is valid only till the time the expired green card gets renewed. But a person reciting for a long time with the expired green card in the country is considered to be illegal in the eyes of law and strict actions can be taken against the individual.