Petitioner is going to move

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

My fiance (the US petitioner) is looking for an apartment and he will move to that new apartment before I arrive. We got NOA2 last week, our file in on its way to NVC and then France.

What do we need to do or Who do we need to notify (USCIS? Paris embassy?) if he moves:

- before I receive packet 3

- after I send back packet 3 but before interview

- after the interview but before POE?

Edited May 17, 2008 by Cecile and Bryan

[BexandAlan 0]

I don't think USCIS will really care as you are done with them for a while now. In my opinion it is probably best to notify the Paris consulate as soon as you know, its not a fundamental issue and wont effect your case or its progress. If you know by the time you get P3 you could include a request on your covering letter for them to update their records.

Good luck with your journey and congrats on NOA2!!!

Bex xxx

[motu 5]

Take a look at the instructions for AR11 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/ar-11.pdf

You may want to fill it out when you arrive here (unless you correct the address in packet3/4) where they ask you the address where you will be residing in USA. There are also requirements of filing address change if the sponsor moves - take a look at those. Good Luck

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

I don't think USCIS will really care as you are done with them for a while now. In my opinion it is probably best to notify the Paris consulate as soon as you know, its not a fundamental issue and wont effect your case or its progress. If you know by the time you get P3 you could include a request on your covering letter for them to update their records.

Good luck with your journey and congrats on NOA2!!!

Bex xxx

Thank you! So if I know the new address soon enough I only need to write it down on the P3 forms and include a request on cover letter.

Take a look at the instructions for AR11 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/ar-11.pdf

You may want to fill it out when you arrive here (unless you correct the address in packet3/4) where they ask you the address where you will be residing in USA. There are also requirements of filing address change if the sponsor moves - take a look at those. Good Luck

To my understanding, AR-11 is used to change the address once I am in the USA. But when I first get there my address would be the one written on the document I give at the POE, wouldn't it? if on that document it is the new address, should I fill out an AR-11? in that case it seems worthless to me, but maybe I am wrong...

[Krikit 1,163]

I don't recall them asking about the address where you intend to live at the Packet 3 stage, but I do recall them asking at the interview because my spouse had moved also. I believe they asked if there were any changes at the POE too. Anyway, you can change it at the interview. All correspondence from this point on will be coming to you, anyway. Nothing will go to the petitioner.

I don't think USCIS will really care as you are done with them for a while now. In my opinion it is probably best to notify the Paris consulate as soon as you know, its not a fundamental issue and wont effect your case or its progress. If you know by the time you get P3 you could include a request on your covering letter for them to update their records.

Good luck with your journey and congrats on NOA2!!!

Bex xxx

Thank you! So if I know the new address soon enough I only need to write it down on the P3 forms and include a request on cover letter.

Take a look at the instructions for AR11 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/ar-11.pdf

You may want to fill it out when you arrive here (unless you correct the address in packet3/4) where they ask you the address where you will be residing in USA. There are also requirements of filing address change if the sponsor moves - take a look at those. Good Luck

To my understanding, AR-11 is used to change the address once I am in the USA. But when I first get there my address would be the one written on the document I give at the POE, wouldn't it? if on that document it is the new address, should I fill out an AR-11? in that case it seems worthless to me, but maybe I am wrong...

That's right, you only need to fill out the AR-11 if your address changes after you arrive in the US.

[reeses16 8]

As mentioned you do not need to do the AR-11 right now. Your fiancee will be at his new address by the time you arrive in the US. When you file your AOS I think it is sufficient to use his new address at that time. His new address will be on all your forms, the sponsorship, greencard, etc. If the two of you move again after that then you should file the AR-11 and he needs to fill out a form (I forget the number) that shows sponsor change of address.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Thank you all for your answers