Question about previous addresses

[caem 7]

During the I-130 process, we gave my wife's parents home address. We planned to stay there until we get jobs.

However, we never stayed there (not even for one day) as we managed to get an apartment of our own (signed a lease within 3 days after entering the US).

Do we need to include my wife's parents home address?

I'm asking because both GC and Social Security were received at that address and my assumption is that they have the address in the system.

Thank you.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

You really should have updated the address on USCIS's website when you both moved into that apartment. It's a legal requirement to report address changes within ten days of the change but I would still go ahead and change it now https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do

Put the new address on your I-751 form. You want your mail to come to you.

[caem 7]

You really should have updated the address on USCIS's website when you both moved into that apartment. It's a legal requirement to report address changes within ten days of the change but I would still go ahead and change it now https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do

Put the new address on your I-751 form. You want your mail to come to you.

Apologizes - forgot to mention that we submitted AR-11 (change of address) few weeks after we moved.

To make things more clear:

• Feb 2015
  • POE
  • Stayed 10 days in the US (hotels)
  • Job Interviews
  • Signed apartment lease
  • Returned back
• Apr 2015
  • Move to the US
  • Submitted AR-11

EDIT: We received the reminder at our new (current) address.

I'm trying to understand whether USCIS might think we lived at my wife's parents house between Feb and April and send us an RFE.

Edited November 11, 2016 by caem

[Ketsuban 1,034]

So your first POE was when you activated the immigrant visa, correct? You stayed in hotels, signed a lease then left the US.

Came back in April, moved into your new apartment and have been there since?

Since you have already submitted the address change with USCIS, put your apartment address on your I-751 form as your residence and mailing address.

As for your Green Card and SSN card going to your inlaws despite your address change, it might be because the application had already gone ahead before you changed it and that's why they both went there. Since your reminder went to your apartment address, you can be reasonably sure now that that is the address they have in their system.

[NikLR 13,227]

Yes put that address on there since you got the green card and SSN there.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Yes put that address on there since you got the green card and SSN there.

I don't think they should put the inlaws' address (where they received GC and SSN) because they updated their address with the AR-11 a while ago and received the ROC reminder at the new address.

[NikLR 13,227]

It asks for previous addresses which you have to include. Obviously that isnt their current address.

[NikLR 13,227]

See question 22. And what it says to do if you had a previous address.

[caem 7]

See question 22. And what it says to do if you had a previous address.

Question 22 from I-751 states "Have you ever resided at any other address since you became a permanent resident?"

The key word in this question is "resided".

As part of I-130, you have to provide an address in which you plan to live upon your arrival to the US. We didn't have any place of our own and the plan was to stay with my in-laws. However, as I mentioned in my original post, we signed a lease agreement 4 days after POE. During the first 4 days we stayed at hotels in various states. The GC and Social Security Card were emailed to my in-laws because that's the address USCIS had upon my entrance to the US. The action of sending the GC and Social Security Card was triggered by our entrance to the US.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[NikLR 13,227]

Your residence was still considered to be at your in-laws.

In the USA people often use a permanent address for many things but actually live elsewhere. For example a friend of mine has used his father's address for everything despite living elsewhere. All of his mail, his driver's license, etc, all state his father's address as his permanent address.

You needed an address to move to when you moved to the USA. Regardless if you actually lived there, the USCIS considers this an address of residence for you.

Don't put it if you don't want to. My OPINION is that you should. What you actually do is your choice and the consequences of such is yours. Best of luck.

[caem 7]

Your residence was still considered to be at your in-laws.

In the USA people often use a permanent address for many things but actually live elsewhere. For example a friend of mine has used his father's address for everything despite living elsewhere. All of his mail, his driver's license, etc, all state his father's address as his permanent address.

You needed an address to move to when you moved to the USA. Regardless if you actually lived there, the USCIS considers this an address of residence for you.

Don't put it if you don't want to. My OPINION is that you should. What you actually do is your choice and the consequences of such is yours. Best of luck.

If we decide to put the address of my inlaws, what is the start and end date?

We never lived there, so shall we just put N/A?

Our biggest concern is that my inlaws address doesn't make sense at all and will cause an RFE.

We had a contract signed 5 days after arrival to the US and we didn't spend a day with my inlaws.

Yes, it does appear on the AR-11, but that's because we had to put something.