10 year GC in the mail but just became a citizen

[Daevian 0]

Hello everyone,

I just got my 10 year GC in the mail because the ROC got approved a week before naturalization, but obviously I don't need it anymore since I'm a citizen now and already have done my oath, so my question would be... Do I keep it or contact USCIS somehow so they dispose of it?

Anyone else had the same situation in the past?

 

Thanks

[OldUser 6,645]

Your case is not first, I've seen reports on VJ about similar experiences.

 

You have two options:

1) Just put the GC away in a safe place. AFAIK you don't have duty returning it unless asked by USCIS.

2) Write a letter explaining you got it by mistake and you're now a citizen. Attach copy of nats certificate or US passport. Then send it by certified mail to the address mentioned on GC.

 

[Timona 4,207]

I'd return it with a photocopy of my naturalization cert, stating "I am a USC already."

 

There should be an address on the approval letter that came with it. Ship it back there. 

[OldUser 6,645]

Just now, Timona said:

There should be an address on the approval letter that came with it. Ship it back there. 

There's even address on GC saying "If found, please return to ..."

[TBoneTX 45,273]

Light a cigar with it as a parlor trick.

Or not.   

[Scandi 4,166]

Up to you. Personally I kept my conditional greencard as a cool memory of my immigration journey.