Change of Address Late

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Hi,

I sponsored my wife and she arrived as a conditional permanent well over a year ago. A little over a year ago we moved to another state, but I didn't remember that we were supposed to submit address changes.

We're going to fill out her AR-11 (probably online) and my I-865 (by print/mail) immediately.

On the I-865, they are asking me for my "effective date of change of address". Could I put the current date, implying that the change I'm filing with USCIS is to be effective immediately? Or must I put the old move date from over a year ago?

I'm afraid that if I put an old date from 2009 in that it might be more of a problem (since it's so long ago), but I don't want to appear misleading. I guess it's how "effective date" is meant to be interpreted. Do they mean when I want it to be effective with USCIS, or do they mean when I had it effective with the post office?

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on this?

Thanks!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I interpret "effective date" to mean the date the address change should be applied from. So in theory you could change it now, but you move in 2 weeks, so you'd put the effective date as the date you want the change to "kick in"... that's how I read it anyway.