I would consult an immigration attorney, this oversite is quite common and in most cases not enforced by the government, an attorney can help explain your oversite to the government.
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There are possible consequences to aliens who willfully refuse to report their address.
INA Section 266(b ) states:
“Any alien or any parent or legal guardian in the United States of any alien who fails to give written notice to the Attorney General, as required by section 265 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $200 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Irrespective of whether an alien is convicted and punished as herein provided, any alien who fails to give written notice to the Attorney General, as required by section 265 , shall be taken into custody and removed in the manner provided by chapter 4 of this title, unless such alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that such failure was reasonably excusable or was not willful.”
For those of you who are concerned about the fact that you have never notified BCIS of a change of address, please note that the above regulation indicates that you may avoid punishment if the failure is reasonably excusable or was not willful.
INA: ACT 262 - REGISTRATION OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES
Sec. 262. [8 U.S.C. 1302]
(a) It shall be the duty of every alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is fourteen years of age or older, (2) has not been registered and fingerprinted under section 221(b ) of this Act or section 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for registration and to be fingerprinted before the expiration of such thirty days.
(b ) It shall be the duty of every parent or legal guardian of any alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is less than fourteen years of age, (2) has not been registered under section 221(b ) of this Act or section 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for the registration of such alien before the expiration of such thirty days. Whenever any alien attains his fourteenth birthday in the United States he shall, within thirty days thereafter, apply in person for registration and to be fingerprinted.
(c ) The Attorney General may, in his discretion and on the basis of reciprocity pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe, waive the requirement of fingerprinting specified in subsections (a) and (b ) in the case of any nonimmigrant.Sec. 265.1 Forms.
Except for those exempted by section 263(b ) of the Act, all aliens in the United States required to register under section 262 of the Act shall report each change of address and new address within 10 days on Form AR - 11. This form is available at post offices and Service offices in the United States. The completed form must be mailed to the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Washington, DC 20536. [47 FR 44239, Oct. 7, 1982]
You did not willfully fail to report address changes.
Good luck to you!
