---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.641"
title: "20"
number: "404.641"
heading: "Cancellation of a request to withdraw."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.641"
---

# §404.641. Cancellation of a request to withdraw.


A request to withdraw an application may be cancelled and the application reinstated if—

- (a) A written request for cancellation is filed at a place described in [§ 404.614](/cfr/20/404.614.md) by the claimant or someone who may sign an application for the claimant under [§ 404.612](/cfr/20/404.612.md);
- (b) The claimant is alive at the time the request for cancellation is filed; and
- (c) For a cancellation request received after we have approved the withdrawal, the request is filed no later than 60 days after the date of the notice of approval.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(i), (j), (o), (p), and (r), 205(a), 216(i)(2), 223(b), 228(a), and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i), (j), (o), (p), and (r), 405(a), 416(i)(2), 423(b), 428(a), and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 37209, June 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted.