Can a green card renewal appliction be canceled or withdrawn by the applicant?

[Texaco5 32]

Since my green card was set to expire in May this year, I applied to renew it in November '16 and the status of the case online hasn't changed since I had the biometrics appointment on Dec. 12th. They put a decal on my green card at the biometrics appointment that extended the validity of the green card until September '17 presumably due to the time it is taking to process the I-90 renewal applications.

 

In the meantime, I decided to apply for US Citizenship in Feb. '17 which has been approved in somewhat record time (68 days thanks to online filing the N-400 I think) so I will no longer need the new green card after I attend the oath ceremony next week as I will have become a citizen in April '17 before my existing green card expires in September '17.

 

Does anyone know if I can withdraw or cancel my I-90 renewal application which is still being processed since I will be handing in my expiring green card at the oath ceremony?

Edited April 12, 2017 by Texaco5

[SparklePony 238]

No experience on this but I'm thinking the renewal petition would become void once you become a citizen. Personally, I would wait until you're officially a USC and then contact USCIS about the renewal. 

[milimelo 4,624]

Moved to naturalization forum. 

[Texaco5 32]

So here's how this is done for future reference.

1. After I became a US citizen and attended the oath ceremony, the I-90 Green Card 10 year renewal application I had filed 5 months earlier was still pending. (For some inexplicable reason it only took 68 days from filing my N-400 to attending the oath ceremony to become a citizen)

2. I then contacted USCIS via the 'contact us' button in my myuscis.dhs.gov online account and they advised me to send a letter to the following USCIS office:

 

US Citizenship & Immigration Service

Potomac Service Center

Stop 2425

Arlington

VA 20598-2425

 

3. The letter referenced by I-90 Receipt number (an IOE number in this case as I had applied online) and requested that the USCIS withdraw the application as it was no longer needed in view of the fact that I am now a US citizen.

4. Just under a month after I mailed the letter, I received a notification text/email from my myuscis.dhs.gov account confirming that the application had been withdrawn. The USCIS letter also confirmed that no refund would be made of the biometrics or application fees I had paid (not bothered about that and wasn't expecting it). It also explains that an application can be withdrawn at any point before a decision is made on it however the application cannot be re-activated and if I need the green card renewed in the future, I will have to apply again.

5. The case status of my I-90 application now shows as 'Withdrawn' on my online USCIS account as below:

Withdrawal Acknowledgement Notice Was Sent

On May xx, 2017, we received your request to withdraw your Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card , Receipt Number IOExxxxxxx, and completed our review. We mailed you a Withdrawal Acknowledgment Notice. If you do not receive your Withdrawal Acknowledgment Notice by June xx, 2017, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request a copy of the notice.

 

[TBoneTX 47,009]

Thanks for this enlightening clarification.