Just moved

[Canadiandggal 49]

Hey I Just moved a few days ago to a different city in canada but my case is already complete with NVC so who do I notify about my move. I am the ben. Do i have to change the I-864ez and The ds230 documents to reflect my change in address as well? I hate moving.

Thanks in advance

[antda 13]

Hi Canadiandggal,

I don't know about the NVC stage (I've never been through it), but.....

I posted this before on other VJ threads, but I thought it can help you here too...

As for moving, from Canada to the USA (I've been here in the USA since 2006), I did the following:

I notified:

-Revenue Canada and Elections Canada (with the "final tax return" in 2007, to prevent tax fraud and to officially notify the Canadian government that I'm not living in Canada anymore, and had to cancel and return those GST cheques I'm not entitled to and would be in trouble for keeping such)

-Passport Canada (when they added my married name to my maiden name passport in 2007)

-Passport Canada again (when I applied for a new passport recently in my married name in 2009)

-I closed my Canadian bank account in Canada (2007)

-I let someone in Canada collect my personal mail for me, and then notified those people by mail that I moved (2006-Present)

-Family, friends, and other acquaintances that I keep in contact with (2006-Present)

-The Office of the Attorney General (optional...but this was after I received the forwarded jury duty notice in 2009....I had no choice there but to tell them that I moved and that I couldn't serve on a Canadian jury)

I didn't notify:

-Social Insurance (Human Resources Canada, I think) as I wouldn't be working in Canada anymore and wouldn't need a new card.

-OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance) as my card already expired and I can't use it here, so I never renewed it.

-MTO (Ministry of Transportation Ontario) as my license was automatically transfered, surrendered, and destroyed here by the DMV in NYS. Note: You cannot have 2 driver's licenses at the same time (at least that's the way it is here in NYS), so you would either have to pick between the American one or the Canadian one to keep.

As well, last year I moved within the USA, between my 10yr green card stage and Citizenship stage, and filed the following with the USCIS...

-AR-11: Alien change of address form

-I-865: Sponsor change of address form (which my husband filed)

Anyone else I need to notify, I can't think of, and haven't done such.

Lol...Oh yeah, I can understand about moving too...I don't like it...I've moved too many times in my life (15+ times or so)...So now it's time to settle down. And I hope that you will eventually settle down in the USA too.....One box at a time....lol....

Hope this helps. Good luck on your move and on the rest of your immigration journey too.

Ant

P.S. Does this mean you're not in the big city anymore? (lol..glad I sent you the postcard in time and it got there in time before you moved!) Keep in touch....

Edited May 30, 2010 by Ant+D+BabyA

[Canadiandggal 49]

Haha Yeah, I am staying with some family In Oshawa till I get to go to the states..Crosses fingers. July 8th the hubby is driving down and flying back to the states so he can leave me the car for the trip to montreal. That should be fun. I hate all the paperwork it takes to change everything and Canada revenue doesn't seem to understand immigration very well but what can ya do. Thanks for the Information Ant