U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has redesigned the Permanent Resident Card commonly known as the  Green Card to incorporate several major new security features.  State-of-the-art technology is supposed to prevent counterfeiting, obstruct tampering, and facilitate quick and accurate authentication of the card.  Beginning today, USCIS will issue all Green Cards in a new, more secure format.  We link to the new card

Here is some additional information regarding the card with FAQ’s released 5/17/2010.