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greencardhelp101   3

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I changed my address by going to www.USCIS.gov/addresschange

  1. Do i also have to mail the physical AR-11 form to the Harrisonburg, VA address?

  2. In the form it says "If you are in immigration proceedings, you must separately notify the Immigration Court of any address changes. Filing Form AR-11 with USCIS does not update your address with the Immigration Court". Can someone explain what this means? I'm a total noob at this.

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greencardhelp101   3

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On 6/6/2018 at 10:04 PM, TearsOfBabylon said:

You file Form AR-11 online, and the US Citizen has to snail mail form I-865 Sponsor Change Of Adress.
We just moved in January (pending AOS after marriage as well) and had to submit both.

No big deal, and you get a confirmation letter for both. 

Hey just curious. In the AR-11 form, it says "If you are in immigration proceedings, you must separately notify the Immigration Court of any address changes. Filing Form AR-11 with USCIS does not update your address with the Immigration Court". Do you know what this means? Do i have to notify a court of my address change?

geowrian Grand Master

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1) It is not required to do both. I only changed online and it worked. Some people have had issues so it's not necessarily bad to mail it too IMO.

2) Are you currently in immigration proceedings with a court? You would have received a Notice to Appear (NTA).

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

greencardhelp101 Apprentice

greencardhelp101   3

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17 minutes ago, geowrian said:

1) It is not required to do both. I only changed online and it worked. Some people have had issues so it's not necessarily bad to mail it too IMO.

2) Are you currently in immigration proceedings with a court? You would have received a Notice to Appear (NTA).

 

I honestly don't know what "immigration proceedings" means!

I'm not involved with the court at all and didn't receive NTA. I'm a typical applicant (no criminal records, anything weird in application etc.) going through the typical steps. 

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greencardhelp101   3

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Can someone explain who this pertains to?

 

"If you are in immigration proceedings, you must separately notify the Immigration Court of any address changes. Filing Form AR-11 with USCIS does not update your address with the Immigration Court"

 

I'm a F1 student going through the AOS process by marriage. I just moved and i changed my address from USCIS website. I was going through the AR-11 form and came across that excerpt. I'm not involved with the court in any way and i'm a typical applicant going through the green card process. 

payxibka Grand Master

payxibka   10,047

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Just now, greencardhelp101 said:

Can someone explain who this pertains to?

 

"If you are in immigration proceedings, you must separately notify the Immigration Court of any address changes. Filing Form AR-11 with USCIS does not update your address with the Immigration Court"

 

I'm a F1 student going through the AOS process by marriage. I just moved and i changed my address from USCIS website. I was going through the AR-11 form and came across that excerpt. I'm not involved with the court in any way and i'm a typical applicant going through the green card process. 

So what is the issue?  AR11 changes your address with ONLY the uscis 

YMMV

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greencardhelp101   3

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6 minutes ago, payxibka said:

So what is the issue?  AR11 changes your address with ONLY the uscis 

Just wanted to make sure that changing address through the USCIS website is all i have to do.

 

And i don't have to contact a court of some sort to let them know that i moved. I have a pending green card application. Does that mean i'm in "immigration proceedings"? 

geowrian Grand Master

geowrian   22,338

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14 minutes ago, greencardhelp101 said:

I honestly don't know what "immigration proceedings" means!

I'm not involved with the court at all and didn't receive NTA. I'm a typical applicant (no criminal records, anything weird in application etc.) going through the typical steps. 

Generally, you would know if you were going through immigration proceedings. You would basically be facing deportation and have been sent an NTA.

(I only say "generally" since it's possible to be issued an NTA without ever actually receiving it...i.e. if sent to an old or wrong address)

 

If you haven't been picked up by ICE, sent an NTA to appear for court, etc., then you likely are not in any immigration proceedings.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

Ban Hammer Grand Master

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multiple topics on the same subject merged.  do not start multiple topics as this is spamming.

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greencardhelp101   3

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19 hours ago, geowrian said:

Generally, you would know if you were going through immigration proceedings. You would basically be facing deportation and have been sent an NTA.

(I only say "generally" since it's possible to be issued an NTA without ever actually receiving it...i.e. if sent to an old or wrong address)

 

If you haven't been picked up by ICE, sent an NTA to appear for court, etc., then you likely are not in any immigration proceedings.

Thanks a lot! I was just overthinking. I can comfortably stop looking at courts near me 😊

 
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