IR5 - Received NOA2 - Change of address before NVC

[manny11 0]

Hello,

We have received the I-130 approval from USCIS and now we have moved to a different address.

USCIS still has our old address in file.

• Should I still have to submit Change of Address to USCIS?
• How would I apply Change of Address with NVC? or Can that be done while submitting DS-261 form?

Please advice.

[ritbiv 95]

No need to send request to USCIS to change your address. You can email NVC once you get your case number, to update your new address. They will update your address.

Edited January 28, 2015 by ritbiv

[manny11 0]

Thanks ritbiv

[gwafuh_rn 0]

i 130 has been approved but haven't received noa 2 yet. should we call nvc now?

[ritbiv 95]

i 130 has been approved but haven't received noa 2 yet. should we call nvc now?

Does the online status says approved? You will get the hardcopy of NOA2 soon. The NVC was closed Monday, tuesday and it's closed today till 3:30 P.M due to bad weather. (Eastern standard time). So you have to wait a bit.

[gwafuh_rn 0]

this is what is says when we check online

On January 16, 2015, we approved your Form I-130, Immigrant Petition for Relative, Fiance(E), or Orphan, Receipt Number xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. We will mail your approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

[ritbiv 95]

this is what is says when we check online

On January 16, 2015, we approved your Form I-130, Immigrant Petition for Relative, Fiance(E), or Orphan, Receipt Number xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. We will mail your approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

NOA2 hardcopy is on the way. If you do not recieve by this week. Give them a call.

[OlenkaKyiv 3]

I had the same issue. NVC will not update your address until a case number is assigned (now it takes about 42-49 days). You do not need to notify USCIS since the case is not in its transition to the NVC. Keep calling NVC and check for a case number. NVC never responded to my email about change of an address. I have called the NVC a few days after the case number has been assigned, provided my new postal address (they still had my old address despite my email request to change) and email address for both agent and beneficiary. Despite the fact that I have changed address on the phone with NVC as soon as the case number was assigned, NVC still sent a correspondence to my old postal address. However, since I provided NVC with my email address, I did not miss any NVC correspondence, since I have been receiving the correspondence over email.

In brief, do not spend your time on sending emails to NVC or USCIS, just keep calling NVC and try to catch the date when NVC assigns a case number.

[manny11 0]

I had the same issue. NVC will not update your address until a case number is assigned (now it takes about 42-49 days). You do not need to notify USCIS since the case is not in its transition to the NVC. Keep calling NVC and check for a case number. NVC never responded to my email about change of an address. I have called the NVC a few days after the case number has been assigned, provided my new postal address (they still had my old address despite my email request to change) and email address for both agent and beneficiary. Despite the fact that I have changed address on the phone with NVC as soon as the case number was assigned, NVC still sent a correspondence to my old postal address. However, since I provided NVC with my email address, I did not miss any NVC correspondence, since I have been receiving the correspondence over email.

In brief, do not spend your time on sending emails to NVC or USCIS, just keep calling NVC and try to catch the date when NVC assigns a case number.

Thank you OlenkaKyiv