Changing Address before Fiance Arrives in USA

[S. Carlo 0]

Hi all,

Hoping you can help me out with a specific issue. Next month, my fiance will be arriving in America on his K1 visa. During the process of getting the K1 visa, I have been living in my family home in order to save money. Naturally, we used that address for all of our paperwork and petitioning.

Now that my fiance is arriving soon, I have, very recently, found us a new home (a rental) and I have moved into there. I still have connections to the prior address we used on our petition, as the home belongs to my parents. However, as I now reside in this new home, I don't know if I need to alert USCIS about my address change and our new address prior to him going through airport immigration, or if we can let them know during/after filing for our AOS?

Thank you!!

Edited July 18, 2016 by S. Carlo

[Lainie B 465]

No need. Just file the AOS with your new address when the time comes.

[S. Carlo 0]

No need. Just file the AOS with your new address when the time comes.

Thanks a ton, Lainie!

And just to ease my own worries, I've read some horror stories about beneficiaries not updating their address within 10 days of moving and getting huge repercussions, including fees, and even jail time . I'm guessing that strict rule only applies to their change of address in their home country and/or during the process of petitioning?

[Lainie B 465]

It's true there are penalties for not notifying USCIS of the beneficiary's change of address (not sure about jail time), but I've never heard of this actually being implemented. Many people forget to submit their address change forms.

There are two forms - one is the I-865 is for the petitioner who has an active I-864 to notify USCIS of an address change within 30 days of moving. This has to be mailed in. The other is the AR-11 for the non-US citizen to update USCIS within 10 days of an address change. This one can be done by mail or online here: https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

In your case, there is no need for either, since there is no I-864 submitted yet, and your fiance has not immigrated to the US yet. So relax! Once your fiance moves to the US and you get married, file the AOS package with your new address. After that, then both you and your fiance will need to file the AR-11 and I-865 for any future address changes. But for your most recent one, no need.

[S. Carlo 0]

It's true there are penalties for not notifying USCIS of the beneficiary's change of address (not sure about jail time), but I've never heard of this actually being implemented. Many people forget to submit their address change forms.

There are two forms - one is the I-865 is for the petitioner who has an active I-864 to notify USCIS of an address change within 30 days of moving. This has to be mailed in. The other is the AR-11 for the non-US citizen to update USCIS within 10 days of an address change. This one can be done by mail or online here: https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

In your case, there is no need for either, since there is no I-864 submitted yet, and your fiance has not immigrated to the US yet. So relax! Once your fiance moves to the US and you get married, file the AOS package with your new address. After that, then both you and your fiance will need to file the AR-11 and I-865 for any future address changes. But for your most recent one, no need.

Lainie, you are great! Thank you so so much again! You've eased my worries