How to change your address with USCIS

In this post, we will tell you how to change your address with USCIS! Check it out!

It’s normal for Green Card holders and any other applicant’s who are waiting for a decision from USCIS to move around to different addresses in the United States for any motive. Perhaps you forget that you are supposed to tell U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services every time you move to a new address.

To avoid deportation risk, tell USCIS about your new address!

You can submit a change of address online or call USCIS’s customer contact number, 800-375-5283, to change their address.

Another way is to file and print out Form AR-11 and then mail it to the address listed on the USCIS website.

Find Out How to change your address with USCIS

Remind you need to update your address with USCIS to ensure you receive all communications and benefits from us in a timely manner and avoid possible delays related to your case.

Keep in mind that to change your address with the U.S. Postal Service will not change your address with USCIS, so, update your information with both USCIS and USPS.

Most individuals can change their address in two ways: 

Through your existing USCIS online account if you filed your form online;

• Filing Form AR-11, Alien’s Change of Address Card, online using the Change of Address page;
• Filing Form AR-11 online will update your address on all pending applications, petitions, or requests that you include on the form.

Remind you do not need to mail Form AR-11 if you use the change of address webpage.  

Victims of Domestic Violence, Trafficking, and Other Crimes

If you filed or have a pending or approved form, you must mail your Form AR-11  and Alien’s Change of Address Card, to the Vermont Service Center address. This includes any form you file after that.

You must use certified, registered, or return receipt mail when sending your Form AR-11. This will give you proof that you mailed the form to USCIS.

If you file some of these forms, you need to mail Form AR-11:

• Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (as a VAWA self-petitioner);
• Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (as an abused spouse under the Cuban Adjustment Act; as an abused spouse, parent, or child under VAWA; or as a T or U nonimmigrant);
• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, filed by VAWA self-petitioner and T/U nonimmigrants;
• Form I-765V, Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse;
• Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status;
• Form I-914, Supplement A, Application for Family Member of T-1 Recipient;
• Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status;
• Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient; or
• Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Nonimmigrant.

Then mail your Form AR-11 to:

U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services

Attn: Humanitarian Division

Vermont Service Center

38 River Road

Essex Junction, VT 05479-0001

Form I-751 Abuse Waivers

A If you previously filed for a waiver of the I-751 joint filing requirement because you and/or your conditional resident child were abused, you must mail your Form AR-11 to the corresponding address in the chart below.

You can use certified, registered, or return receipt mail when sending your Form AR-11. This will give you proof that you mailed the form to us.

If the receipt number for your Form I-751 abuse waiver begins with the letters below you must mail your Form AR-11 to the correspondent address.

• EAC

USCIS Vermont Service Center

Attn: Humanitarian Division

38 River Road

Essex Junction, VT 05479-0001

• LIN

USCIS Nebraska Service Center

P.O. Box 87918

Lincoln, NE 68501-7918

• MSC

National Benefits Center

P.O. Box 648006

Lee’s Summit, MO 64002

• SRC

USCIS Texas Service Center

6046 N Belt Line Rd.

Irving, TX 75038-0001

• WAC

USCIS California Service Center

Attn: Customer Service Section/SA

P.O. Box 10751

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075

• YSC

Potomac Service Center

2200 Potomac Center Drive, MS 2425

Arlington, VA 20598-2425

U.S. Citizens

If you are a U.S. citizen or national, we strongly encourage you to update your address if you have a pending case.

If you are a U.S. citizen or national and have submitted an affidavit of support for another person, you must submit Form I-865, Sponsor’s Notice of Change of Address, within 30 days of your move.

Civil Surgeons

If you are a civil surgeon and need to update your address, you must use the email address you received on your approval notification.

Attorneys of Record/Registered Representatives

If you are an attorney of record/registered representative, do not file Form AR-1, you must file Form G-28.

What If I Forgot to Tell USCIS of My Change of Address?

According to the American law, intentionally failing to give USCIS your new address is a misdemeanor that can be punished by a fine of up to $200 and up to 30 days in jail.

So, if you haven’t submitted your address change when you’ve moved, do it right now and do it ever you move in the future.

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