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[Ash.1101 1,755]

11 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Agreed!  My 751 reminder was mailed to my old address (and forwarded to my new address), even though I updated my address online a day after we moved (9 months before the letter was sent).  Sometimes moving is unavoidable, so it would be nice if USCIS could reconcile their systems so these things don’t happen.

 

@greg1984 - Definitely try to resolve with a tier 2, and failing that an attorney should be helpful.  I hope this works out for you without too much of a hassle given that you did nothing wrong to be denied.  

This is very true. We moved a year and two months before we had to send our ROC. We did the address change the day we moved (Feb 2017)

 

the day after we sent our ROC (May 2018) we received the ROC notification reminding us to ROC. Inside of that envelope were three other envelopes marked as return to sender from our old address. It took their mail getting returned at least three times that I know of, for them to look up the address change and send it to the right place.

 

and note as others have said, not blaming the OP just adding to the stories of those who moved in general during immigration. The only reason we didn’t move this year was because of the ROC.

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[junkmart 320]

9 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

It is B.S. They are just looking to blame you for something that obviously wasn't your fault.

 

You missed the point. No one is blaming it on OP for moving. They’re blaming USCIS, which based on what we see here, is sometimes unable to handle a simple address change. We see it over and over here. This has nothing to do with OP. 

[junkmart 320]

9 hours ago, greg1984 said:

For everyone saying you shouldn't move etc.  BS. We moved and the FIRST call we made was to USCIS. We confirmed our new address no less than two times with the call center. It was act of God that we got the denial.  The letters address was riddled w typos  the denial I mean. 

 

As a veteran of iraq and Afghanistan. Served 12 years as an officer. I'm over this. 

What they are saying is that USCIS is notorious for not getting address changes correct, as you have found out.

[Mike E 11,723]

10 hours ago, carmel34 said:

Doesn't USPS forward any First Class mail for a year when you move?  This issue is on my mind because I'm thinking of buying a house and we're at the NVC stage waiting for an interview for my husband in Rio.  Plus change of address with USCIS and NVC can be done online, but OP's story has me worried now...

It is hit or miss.  

[Dashinka 23,252]

6 hours ago, Hypnos said:

I echo the sentiments above to contact one of your congressional representatives. There is a good chance they will be able to get this sorted out and arrange a second interview. You may also want to contact the CIS Ombudsman, as well as making an Infopass and going to inform them of the the issue. Hopefully at least one of these will pay off, but it's important that you run right at it immediately on all fronts.

I agree, before paying for an expensive attorney, I would be calling the Ombudsman.

[clw654321 159]

So... What is the best way to prevent this for others in the future?? 

Do the address change appropriately, call and talk to tier 2 multiple times, and also call the local field office?

My wife and I will also be moving while waiting for her green card.

And of course sometimes not moving is not an option for some.

[junkmart 320]

7 minutes ago, clw654321 said:

So... What is the best way to prevent this for others in the future?? 

Do the address change appropriately, call and talk to tier 2 multiple times, and also call the local field office?

My wife and I will also be moving while waiting for her green card.

And of course sometimes not moving is not an option for some.

That’s the thing...pretty much everyone is doing the address change correctly. It is USCIS who sometimes screws it up. I’m not sure that anyone can do anything to prevent a possible screw up by someone at USCIS.

 

Disclaimer: I have not been through an address change, and am basing my comments on reading numerous post where USCIS has screwed up an address change by either sending notices to the old address or typos in the address.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

22 minutes ago, junkmart said:

You missed the point. No one is blaming it on OP for moving. They’re blaming USCIS, which based on what we see here, is sometimes unable to handle a simple address change. We see it over and over here. This has nothing to do with OP. 

 

11 hours ago, Ben&Zian said:

These are things you should be prepared for ahead of time. Be settled in a job, be settled where you live, and then, only then bother dealing with immigration stuff, 

 

No, I definitely read a couple of these correctly, but thanks.

[junkmart 320]

10 hours ago, carmel34 said:

An AOS interview notice should be forwarded by USPS, correct?  Just like an NOA?  All regular first class mail.  What about a green card?  That is what worries me the most as it will be coming later this year for my husband and we might move before then.

We could start a new forum just for USPS complaints. Yes, they should forward all mail. I can’t even get them to deliver all the mail shown in my informed delivery sometimes. That and I tend to get other people’s mail on a weekly basis. Makes me wonder who is getting my missing mail.

[spinkycow 34]

1 hour ago, clw654321 said:

So... What is the best way to prevent this for others in the future?? 

Do the address change appropriately, call and talk to tier 2 multiple times, and also call the local field office?

My wife and I will also be moving while waiting for her green card.

And of course sometimes not moving is not an option for some.

We did all of this and they still got our address wrong. After we moved we tried to reschedule our appointment three times because they kept setting it up in the state of our old address. We ended up just driving the 800 miles to the wrong office after the third reschedule. We changed it on line and we talked to several tier 2 people with each reschedule.  

[clw654321 159]

6 minutes ago, spinkycow said:

We did all of this and they still got our address wrong. After we moved we tried to reschedule our appointment three times because they kept setting it up in the state of our old address. We ended up just driving the 800 miles to the wrong office after the third reschedule. We changed it on line and we talked to several tier 2 people with each reschedule.  

That is crazy.

Well hopefully since we are only moving once when we do and only about 30 miles away it should not be so hard.

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[Pee&Eee 70]

I think updating the address yourself on your account online is the surest and most effective way to do it.

it's here 

so sorry about your plight, hope it gets resolved soon.

[greg1984 19]

updated online and on the phone 3 times....someone keyed the address in wrong....and now our life is upended....good luck with philly office!

[geowrian 22,335]

1 hour ago, clw654321 said:

So... What is the best way to prevent this for others in the future?? 

Do the address change appropriately, call and talk to tier 2 multiple times, and also call the local field office?

My wife and I will also be moving while waiting for her green card.

And of course sometimes not moving is not an option for some.

There is no way to ensure it won't happen to somebody else. Until USCIS can update letters to use the proper address, sometimes things will slip through the cracks.

The best way to minimize the chance of it happening is to subscribe to case updates on both tracking websites (eGov and myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov), follow your case closely, notify USCIS of address changes very promptly (online and even a paper AR-11 too), and reach out if anything seems odd.

 

1 hour ago, junkmart said:

We could start a new forum just for USPS complaints. Yes, they should forward all mail. I can’t even get them to deliver all the mail shown in my informed delivery sometimes. That and I tend to get other people’s mail on a weekly basis. Makes me wonder who is getting my missing mail.

The issue is those rules aren't there for arbitrary reasons. Something always sparked it...usually abuse. Official Mail is used by much more than just USCIS. For instance, people have put in false COAs to redirect SS checks, election mail issues, etc. The requirements to do a COA are not hard.

 

The issue with not getting your mail as noted in ID is a local facility or (more likely) mailperson issue. Those images are based around mail designated to go on the truck that day. It's certainly not 100% accurate (things happen between MICS processing and loading something on the truck) , but it should be the norm to get everything.

Getting somebody else's mail (assuming it's not a previous resident who didn't do a COA) is a local mailperson issue. Once the mail is on the truck for the designated carrier route, everything else is their role for delivery.