To renew Green Card status is an important part of the process for an individual to keep their permanent residency status. It used to be that if an individual was granted a Green Card they had it for life and never had to do anything with it ever again. However if a Green Card was issued after 1989, then there will always be a ten year expiration period associated with it. An individual certainly doesn't have to go through as extensive of a process in the renewal as they did to obtain the Green Card, but it can involve a bit of clarification and questioning if deemed necessary.