Hi Everyone

I have a quick question and couldn't seem to find any recent postings on the same subject.

I am sending off my N-400 on Monday and when completing the section of the form which details my residence(s) for the past 5 years, I realized that neither I nor my wife as my sponsor filed Change of Address forms when we moved to a new apartment on 4/01.

I don't want to fudge the date just to fall within the 10 day notification requirement for change of address. Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I just list everything correctly and file the change forms with a letter apologizing for the oversight? Will it be a big deal?

Thanks!

Your question is of interest as filing that AR-11 is important to most of us here, so I looked up the penalty for not doing so.

"Penalties for Failure to Comply

A willful failure to give written notice to the USCIS of a change of address within 10 days of the change is a misdemeanor crime. If convicted, the alien (or parent or legal guardian of an alien under age 14 who is required to give notice) can be fined up to $200 or imprisoned up to 30 days, or both. The alien may also be subject to removal from the United States. (INA § 266(). Compliance with the requirement to notify the USCIS of any address changes is also a condition of an alien’s stay in the United States. Failure to comply could also jeopardize the alien’s ability to obtain a future visa or other immigration benefit."

This is from

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD


A question I have is what is meant by "willful"? They did make electronic filing easier, if I were you, would find a good immigration attorney.

I believe most times, they do not make an issue of not reporting change of address. Send your AR-11 now - better late than never. I do not believe they would impose any penalty on you - I have never heard of it being imposed. Most examiners do understand that many of us forget these things and do not report these changes - not a big deal in my opinion. Good Luck

I hope that is the case, when you move with a job change, kids in school, a zillion things to do, and a lot more if you are selling your old home and buying a new one.

I looked up that electronic filing at https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=coa.cr.Residence

And why am I confused again? The ask for two addresses, your "present address" and your "last address".

If you didn't move yet, your present address will be where you are living now, and your last address could by however long you lived at your present address and where you lived before that.

If you did move already, the form seems to make more sense as now your present address would be your new address and your last address would be your old address.

Why can't they simply just ask, to put down your "new address" and your "old address", that is how everybody else does it. And the date when your new address takes effect.

The only USCIS form I never had problems with is the I-864, that form spells out exactly what you are in for.

Do you meet the residency requirement for form N-400? An alien must have lived in the district for 90 days.

Yes, the District Office that would preside over my biometrics, interview and oath ceremony remains the same office where I got my Interim EAD ans AOS applications approved. I have moved a couple of times since being here but always within areas covered by the same district office.

This is true--as the AR-11 itself has no way of verifying that it has been done within 10 days.