ADDRESS CHANGE

[brendaaa 27]

Anyone had experience with changing the address online before arriving to the US? I wan't to make sure they don't send the GC to the wrong address. 

[payxibka 10,047]

31 minutes ago, brendaaa said:

Anyone had experience with changing the address online before arriving to the US? I wan't to make sure they don't send the GC to the wrong address. 

Why don't you just inform the CBP agent upon entry

[brendaaa 27]

I will do that as well, I would like to know if people who did this the GC actually arrived at the correct address.

I came across a lot of posts of people not receiving their GC 

[payxibka 10,047]

7 minutes ago, brendaaa said:

I will do that as well, I would like to know if people who did this the GC actually arrived at the correct address.

I came across a lot of posts of people not receiving their GC 

Thus my advice.   The AR11 change process is not 100% foolproof.

[brendaaa 27]

and the CBP?

[TBoneTX 46,063]

When you supply the revised address to the CBP agent, tell him/her what you have done online, and ask about their process for reporting/recording the new information: "What other steps do you recommend I take to ensure that the USCIS system has this new address?"

 

The very fact that you're asking might inspire the agent to perform a very careful confirmation.

[brendaaa 27]

Will this also change the address for SSN? does the address for delivery has to be a registered address? I heard that USPS will only deliver GC and SSN to an address that is registered to the name of the person, is that correct? because we will be living in a temporary apartment for a about 6 months and it's not going to be registered to our name.

[carmel34 3,654]

My husband (from Brazil) and I just went through this process recently.  I bought a house in California in June after he completed the DS-260 visa application for his CR-1 in April.  We had heard that the best way to change our address in the US, so that the green card is not sent somewhere else, is at the US POE, so we did that in August of this year when he arrived on the CR-1 visa.  My husband gave the officer at the Miami airport our new address and she entered it into the computer.  A week after POE, his SS card arrived at our new address, so we assumed that the process worked and the CBP officer made the correction on the system so that the green card would also arrive at the new address.  A month later, still no green card, so I called USCIS to ask when it might arrive and to check and make sure they had our new address in their system.  They said that the green card could take up to 4 months to arrive, and they still had the old address in their system.  So CBP's correction in August worked for the SS card but not for USCIS.  The nice person on the phone at USCIS walked us through the online change of address process and two months later my husband's green card arrived at our new address.  So the lesson learned is, always contact USCIS to make sure they have your correct mailing address, and if not, change it online, then call them a few weeks later to confirm that their system was updated.  Good luck!

Edited December 1, 2019 by carmel34

[carmel34 3,654]

6 hours ago, brendaaa said:

I heard that USPS will only deliver GC and SSN to an address that is registered to the name of the person

Not sure what you mean by "registered to the name of the person."  USPS will deliver mail where it is addressed.  They don't care if someone has a lease or not, if their name is on the lease or if they own the house.  Addresses are not registered with USPS in any formal process.  If you're worried about this, go online and create a USPS account with your current address and names of you and your spouse so that you will receive an email notice when mail is coming to your address.  That's as close to "registered" as you will get.

[brendaaa 27]

So if I change it online and also tell them to make sure it's updated at the POE it should be fine...I hope it will work

Edited December 2, 2019 by brendaaa