What are the implications/risks of changing your address?

[cbro20 53]

My wife is currently going through the AOS process. Her PD is February 28, 2020.

 

The USCIS status tracker recently updated to “Case Is Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview.”   
 

Since I am working from home indefinitely, we are thinking about moving out of the city in which we currently live when our lease expires at the end of December. It is kind of a dangerous city and we don’t have any friends or family here.

 

We want to live with my parents for a while to save money in a different state while I work remote, until we find permanent accommodation, but we are unsure of the risks associated with moving while going through the process.

 

Would there be any setbacks to making an out-of-state move? For example, if they have to transfer our file to another USCIS office for the interview. Should we change our address to my parents’ sooner rather than later, even if we haven’t moved yet—so that we don’t risk missing anything in the mail?

 

Thanks-

Edited November 16, 2020 by cbro20

[Ayrton 965]

11 minutes ago, cbro20 said:

My wife is currently going through the AOS process. Her PD is February 28, 2020.

 

The USCIS status tracker recently updated to “Case Is Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview.”   
 

Since I am working from home indefinitely, we are thinking about moving out of the city in which we currently live when our lease expires at the end of December. It is kind of a dangerous city and we don’t have any friends or family here.

 

We want to live with my parents for a while to save money in a different state while I work remote, until we find permanent accommodation, but we are unsure of the risks associated with moving while going through the process.

 

Would there be any setbacks to making an out-of-state move? For example, if they have to transfer our file to another USCIS office for the interview. Should we change our address to my parents’ sooner rather than later, even if we haven’t moved yet—so that we don’t risk missing anything in the mail?

 

Thanks-

 

Changing address is always risky. There's a recent case of someone that moved out of state and got scheduled for the old field office. And they often send letters and cards to old addresses. I changed back in March and everything worked out.

 

You can't change your address if you haven't moved. It's rare, but USCIS can show up at people's houses. What if they show up at the new address and you're not there.

 

When you move, you will have 10 days to update your address.