Changing Address After NOA2 Approval

[silentbear 1]

Hi everyone,

 

February 2025 filer. My petition was approved on October 14th, 2025. 

 

I currently live in an apartment which the lease will end December 31. I have the option to go to month to month after the end of the lease. This apartment's address was used in my I-129F petition. 

 

The main issue is, the current apartment will not allow dogs. My fiance and I have a dog together from when I was living with him pre-February 2025 (I was in Canada on a work visa for 3 years), which that dog is currently living at his place of residence in Canada. Once my fiance moves here, I will have to be living in an apartment that allows dogs.

 

I'm wondering if anyone has had to change their address during the petition process before? I'm assuming that its not easy it to inform the NVC (I'm also assuming that the petition even getting to the NVC at this point will be late December or early January 2026) or the U.S. Consulate/Embassy in Montreal about where my fiance and I will reside during this Visa process. 

 

Please let me know if anyone has any insight. Thank you.

 

[OldUser 10,763]

You got I-129F approved. Why not get a new lease if you need it? Fiance can add your new address on DS-160. Once your fiance comes to the US and starts adjustment, you'd have to file I-865 every time you move until fiance becomes a US citizen or earns 40 quarters with SSA.

 

I am not aware of any obligations to notify NVC about your address changes.

 

I'm assuming you are a US citizen living in the US.

Edited 6 hours ago by OldUser

[silentbear 1]

22 minutes ago, OldUser said:

You got I-129F approved. Why not get a new lease if you need it? Fiance can add your new address on DS-160. Once your fiance comes to the US and starts adjustment, you'd have to file I-865 every time you move until fiance becomes a US citizen or earns 40 quarters with SSA.

 

I am not aware of any obligations to notify NVC about your address changes.

 

I'm assuming you are a US citizen living in the US.

 

Sorry, I didn't make it clear in my post. Yes, I'm a US citizen and I live in the US. I'm planning on getting a new lease and I can easily have mail forwarded to my place of work temporarily via USPS during the move to the new physical address. 

 

I guess I'm worried on my Fiance's behalf. From what you said, it sounds like when he files the DS-160, he can just put the new physical address instead, which is awesome to hear. The NVC doesn't care about where he will live at all, its only once that he gets to the interview stage, they care.

 

Thanks for your insight. 

[Edward and Jaycel 2,275]

You should not wait to get a new place if you need to accommodate yours and your fiancé’s dog. Once the status on your I-129F changes to, “Case Has Been Transferred To The Department Of State”, give it 3 weeks or so and use their online public inquiry form to request your case number. They likely will not have it available yet but that’s fine because the real purpose will be to give them your new address. After asking for the case number, say something like, “Please also update my address to:”. Give them your new address and also take this opportunity to give them yours and your fiancé’s email addresses as well. This will ensure that the NVC and the embassy has both your email addresses and that you both get all future communications as they will exclusively use email from that point on in most cases.

[OldUser 10,763]

20 minutes ago, silentbear said:

 

Sorry, I didn't make it clear in my post. Yes, I'm a US citizen and I live in the US. I'm planning on getting a new lease and I can easily have mail forwarded to my place of work temporarily via USPS during the move to the new physical address. 

 

I guess I'm worried on my Fiance's behalf. From what you said, it sounds like when he files the DS-160, he can just put the new physical address instead, which is awesome to hear. The NVC doesn't care about where he will live at all, its only once that he gets to the interview stage, they care.

 

Thanks for your insight. 

Exactly, there is nobody to notify at this point

[silentbear 1]

50 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

You should not wait to get a new place if you need to accommodate yours and your fiancé’s dog. Once the status on your I-129F changes to, “Case Has Been Transferred To The Department Of State”, give it 3 weeks or so and use their online public inquiry form to request your case number. They likely will not have it available yet but that’s fine because the real purpose will be to give them your new address. After asking for the case number, say something like, “Please also update my address to:”. Give them your new address and also take this opportunity to give them yours and your fiancé’s email addresses as well. This will ensure that the NVC and the embassy has both your email addresses and that you both get all future communications as they will exclusively use email from that point on in most cases.

I'm not waiting to get a new place, there's just not a ton of leasing options in the area for a January 1st move in that also allow dogs, and "large" dogs at that (ours is 60lbs). Landlords in my area most of the time are no pets. That includes cities and towns outside of my area, within an hour. There's a ton of more options that open up in February/March in my area usually, that's what trends have reported for the last 2 years.

 

I'm expecting USCIS to change our case status to “Case Has Been Transferred To The Department Of State” in at least 30 days due to trends with other users getting approved in August/September. Its just an unfortunate timing all around.

 

You still bring up a very good idea, thanks for your input.