Effects of Not Filing I-865 and AR-11 After Divorce

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Feel free to move this, since I have no idea where it best belongs, but since it concerns divorce and immigration, I popped it in here.

My ex and I split up in 2010, and finalized our divorce in early 2013. We are still very good friends and despite the pain that brought us to divorce, we genuinely care about each other. I count us amongst the lucky ones.

We gave up the lease on our marital residence in September 2010, and moved to separate homes. We have lived apart since then; he has lived in three different homes while I have stayed the same place. I know for myself that I've never filed an I-865 because I am lazy, and not particularly worried about my ex availing himself of benefits since now he is the one making a comfortable living. He thinks he might have filed an AR-11 at some point, but can't really recall, and if so which residence it applied to. Since we're now preparing for him to file for citizenship, it occurred to me that we should probably be up to date on these things.

My questions are: what effects, if any, are there from late filing of the I-865 and AR-11, in general and on the N-400? If he files the AR-11 now and he had filed one prior, if he gets the prior residence wrong on the AR-11, will there be any repercussions?

[Villanelle 4,122]

There are tons of threads online about this-

http://forums.immigration.com/threads/did-not-file-ar-11-for-change-of-address.221317/

http://forums.immigration.com/threads/urgent-help-please-ar-11-and-n-400-interview.260312/page-2

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/257411-forgotten-to-file-ar11-now-have-to-file-i-751/

http://immigrate2us.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-75247.html

Bottom line is it doesnt really appear to be an issue. There are no threads/reports of people having a hassle from not doing it, although it can come up as an question in the interview- the simple response is the truth- that it was not realized it had to be done.

As long as they have the current address (which can be done by filing it now) you are okay.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Thanks. As I said, I am lazy, hence asking the question instead of searching.