AOS and moving to new city

[Mmagic 127]

Hello,

My fiance should be on her way very soon and I have a question. When she arrives we are planning on moving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Is it better to get married in Los Angeles and do AOS or wait to move to Las Vegas and do that? Any suggestions on how this will effect AOS with change of city and state?

Thanks!

[Pitaya 2,577]

Welcome to the forum.

Where you get married is of little to no consequence as far as USCIS is concerned. Failure to provide proper and timely change of address to government bureaucracies, i.e., USCIS, USPS, etc., has been known to cause a lot of grief and anxiety. USPS will generally not forward USCIS correspondence, so plan accordingly.

https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

It is anyone's guess if and how it will affect your AOS, your file will likely go to a different USCIS office for processing and/or interview.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

[Moslund 94]

if your moving very soon like within a month of her getting here i would move then get married then file.... honestly it really doesnt matter where you get married or if you move during the AOS process... it doesnt matter which city or state the marriage took place in aslong as you have the marriage certificate issues by the courts.. If you were to file then move then you need contact USCIS and inform them that you have a change of address... some people have had problems with USCIS not following through with updating the change of address which has resulted in the applicant not recieving there notices or appointments so if you file then do change of address keep calling USCIS until its been offically changed so this doesnt happen to you. Just remember you MUST get married within 90days but you have time to send away the AOS... USCIS prefers it to be filed straight after marriage but this is not the case so you can always get married more to las vegas then file a few months after youve settled into your las vegas proeprty

[Mmagic 127]

Welcome to the forum.

Where you get married is of little to no consequence as far as USCIS is concerned. Failure to provide proper and timely change of address to government bureaucracies, i.e., USCIS, USPS, etc., has been known to cause a lot of grief and anxiety. USPS will generally not forward USCIS correspondence, so plan accordingly.

https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

It is anyone's guess if and how it will affect your AOS, your file will likely go to a different USCIS office for processing and/or interview.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Thank you,

What if she arrives to Los Angeles, then we decide to move to another address in Los Angeles within a week prior to filing AOS, does she need to file AR-11 still or just make the changes during the AOS ? I am living with my daughter now and I want to move to another place with my fiance.

[catlover31 8]

My husband got his K-1 in July of last year. We flew home to my parents in Minnesota for a month and then less than a month later we moved to NYC so I could start graduate school. We got married in Minnesota and filed for our AOS after we moved. It caused no issues but we had a lawyer helping us.

[Mmagic 127]

My husband got his K-1 in July of last year. We flew home to my parents in Minnesota for a month and then less than a month later we moved to NYC so I could start graduate school. We got married in Minnesota and filed for our AOS after we moved. It caused no issues but we had a lawyer helping us.

So did your husband have to fill out the change of address form after moving to NYC or you just got married and completed the AOS with the new address?

Thanks!

[htfaust 131]

I was married in Los Angeles.

What everyone said about USCIS not caring is true, however LA County takes 6 to 8 WEEKS before they issue you your marriage certificate which you need to file the AOS package. I was married 09/08 and I'm still waiting on limbo!! So if you can move sooner than that, Clark County - NV records marriage certificates in 1 business day, worst-case scenario.

Even if you're not moving soon, it's worth driving 4 to 6 hours and spending a couple days to do a Vegas wedding. Being in limbo is awful.

[Mmagic 127]

I was married in Los Angeles.

What everyone said about USCIS not caring is true, however LA County takes 6 to 8 WEEKS before they issue you your marriage certificate which you need to file the AOS package. I was married 09/08 and I'm still waiting on limbo!! So if you can move sooner than that, Clark County - NV records marriage certificates in 1 business day, worst-case scenario.

Even if you're not moving soon, it's worth driving 4 to 6 hours and spending a couple days to do a Vegas wedding. Being in limbo is awful.

Oh wow, I have not even thought about getting the certificate would take that long...We will definitely get married in Las Vegas since we are planning civil marriage before a judge anyway. I read about getting the CERTIFICATE in Clark County and it says 10 days after the county receive the marriage paper.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention since we are planning to get married and begin doing AOS as soon as we have all documents.

[htfaust 131]

Oh wow, I have not even thought about getting the certificate would take that long...We will definitely get married in Las Vegas since we are planning civil marriage before a judge anyway. I read about getting the CERTIFICATE in Clark County and it says 10 days after the county receive the marriage paper.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention since we are planning to get married and begin doing AOS as soon as we have all documents.

You're welcome, I'm happy to be able to save someone else from making the mistake I did. Best wishes