Address Information -- Part 6 on N 400

[zoony 0]

Hello ,

This may seem like a stupid question . We sold our house on 6/13/07 and moved into our new house on 3/18/07 . The 5 days in between 06/13 and 06/18 we stayed at a friends place. Do I also have to include the 5 days we lived in our friends place on the application or do i just enter the dates we were living in our own residence. If left like that there would be a discrepancy of 5 days ... does it matter ?

Thanks ,

Karthik

[YuAndDan 153]

Just note living ate one address until the day before moving into then next address.

Living at a friend's home is not residency and is temporary in nature.

Also DID you file an AR-11 and I-865 when you moved? They are REQUIRED by law, AR-11 within 10 days, and I-865 within 30 days.

[zoony 0]

I did not and did not know that I had to . How will this affect my application . I have not yet submitted my application . I see that I can change my address online > Should I just go ahead and do this ?

[zoony 0]

Also I am applying for my N400 after 5 years on GC so I do not have a sponsor .

[zoony 0]

I just filed the Ar11 for both myself and my wife online and got confirmation numbers for both of us. Should it be ok now for me to send in our N 400 applications .

[Goran 2]

I just filed the Ar11 for both myself and my wife online and got confirmation numbers for both of us. Should it be ok now for me to send in our N 400 applications .

Zoony,

I don't know anyone but an immigration officer can say whether that is okay. I have heard horror stories that involved change of address mistakes. Currently, there is a physician (resident of the US for over 20 years w/ family and kids), who are in deportation proceedings (although they are currently delayed due to the interjection of his state senator) because he didn't keep his address up-to-date. Important to note in this story is that the change of address is not the underlying problem. The problem was that he was technically married to two people at once while he went through the AOS/Greencard process. The INS back then tried to contact him at his "current" address. Since he didn't have a current address, he never got the correspondence from the INS. Because he didn't answer the INS, his case has been flagged for deportation. Once he "surfaced" again during his Citizenship application, the USCIS started deportation procedures.

I think you have three options. One is to send in your application and talk it over with the immigration officer once you get called to the interview. This may be risky. They may rule that you do not have "Good Moral Character", since you did not follow the law.

A second option is to wait until >5 years since you put in your change of address (and assuming that you put in a change of address each time you move from now on). I think this will put your change of address mistake outside of the "good moral character" measuring period.

The third option is to contact a lawyer and get some advise on how to proceed. Since I am not a lawyer, and there are very few of them on this forum, this may be the best route in your case. It may cost you some $$ though.... But nothing compared to the $$ if you get involved in deportation proceedings.

Sorry if I sound "doom and gloom." Normally I wouldn't. I just went through the interview myself today, and it turned out that I was worrying needlessly about my application. I was worried about the different spellings of my name and a couple of speeding tickets. But, I must give kudos to the USCIS. At least the immigration officer I had made me feel very at ease as we both went through my application, changed what needed to be changed, and then I signed it again at the very bottom of the last page in front of the Officer. I guess it is not your "official" application until you sign there. However, I didn't have any instances where I had "broken" USCIS protocol and not changed my address, so I cannot speak to what would have happened if that was the case.

Good luck, and keep us all updated on your progress!!!

Cheers,

Goran

[zoony 0]

Now I am really scared . I have been waiting for so long to file and now this . When you say wait >5 years does that mean wait for 5 more years from the date of filing the address change ? That is a really scary thought and I am quite scared about it now and do not even know if I should send in my application righht now..