N-400: Moving Soon...Help!!!

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

I know this is sort of off-topic here on the N-400 forum, but I need help on the following anyways and maybe you can offer some insight about this here:

I'm moving in July or August, and as far as I know I legally need to file for the following:

AR-11 (Alien Change of Address), which goes via USPS to Kentucky

-Will also file an AR-11 online

-Will also telephone the USCIS mis-information line

I-865 (Sponsor Change of Address), which goes via USPS to Vermont

-Will also telephone the USCIS mis-information line

N-400 (Naturalization), which goes via USPS to a postal box in Texas (which the earliest I can file is August 2009)

Do I send these forms all at once (which I printed out yesterday, but won't move until later)?

Am I sending these forms to the right locations? (sigh...what a waste of time and postage!....)

Am I totally covered by doing the updates by all 3 ways: mail, online, and telephone?

Do I send copies of all of these forms to all 3 locations (just in case some idiot loses these forms and can't 'make the connection' that they are all from the same case)?

Will I receive confirmation as to the fact that "they have made the address change/update"?

Do I use my "new address" on the N-400 forms when I file in August? Do I have to submit additional proof for such?

I will be moving to an address (in another town) which has the same local/district office that I am currently in. Do I need to inform/remind them of such, as I don't need to meet the "3 month/90 day in the same district requirement" for filing the N-400?

Do you honestly think that they will be "compentent" enough and not deliver anything to my old address?

Will forwarding my mail help in "redirecting" my USCIS mail? If not, is there a "return to sender" thing and I need to inquire further?

What happens if I send these forms later than expected (which I won't do...but who knows what happens next...)?

Problem?: Old place= Hole in the ground later on (to be torn down), New place= Hole in the ground now (new construction)

I also have an additional co-sponsor in my case. However, they are not moving (only my sponsor/husband is moving with me). Do I also need to do anything extra to inform the USCIS of such?

Did you encounter any problems/issues, etc. when filing these forms and/or updating your "new address information"?

Anything else I should make a note of and/or be extra aware of?

Meanwhile, I still wait for my 10yr green card, and hopefully I'll get that before I move....(lol..or they can just deliver my card to the "hole in the ground" afterwards....)

I can't wait to "divorce the USCIS" asap! It's none of your business where I and my family move to...damn it!

Lol...between dealing with immigration/USCIS, a baby on the way, moving soon, and other personal matters...

Can I say that I'm "Extra Stressed!"....

Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

Ant (Still waiting for Card 9 months, Still waiting for Baby 9 months...)

Edited May 22, 2009 by AntandD

[YuAndDan 153]

Note, in order to file N-400 you need to be resident in USCIS district or State for at least 90 days, moving MAY affect this, if you move out of USCIS district.

If Move is just across town then you will be fine.

I would MOVE first, file AR-11 and I-865, and THEN file N-400 separately using NEW address.

[antda 13]

Hi YuandDan,

Thanks for your quick and helpful reply.

Good idea that you had about moving first (hopefully soon), then filing the AR-11 and I-865 and then the N-400..... That makes the most 'logical' sense to me in terms of when to file the forms, which I will probably end up doing it this way as suggested.

In this way, at least I know that they "updated the address first" and hopefully won't mess up my N-400 with the confusion between the old and new address.

By the way, I'm not exactly moving "just across town". Rather, I'm moving from "one NYS county to another NYS county", which are both covered by the same District Office (Buffalo, NY, that covers about 10 or so NYS and PA counties), despite my old address and new address being many miles away from each other.

Lol..I'm sure you know what I mean here about "non-local distances", as where you are in Rochester NY is quite a distance from your local office in Buffalo NY.

Heck, I'm even farther away from my "non-local Buffalo NY office" than you are...and yet the USCIS still considers that "local" for me too...

Good luck on the rest of your immigration journey too, here in NYS!...

Ant (Still waiting...)

Note, in order to file N-400 you need to be resident in USCIS district or State for at least 90 days, moving MAY affect this, if you move out of USCIS district.

If Move is just across town then you will be fine.

I would MOVE first, file AR-11 and I-865, and THEN file N-400 separately using NEW address.

Edited May 22, 2009 by AntandD