Change of address failure

[ZeeA]

Hello,

I just found out today that I had to notify USCIS of my address change while my AOS is still pending. I moved from NY (where I filed my AOS) to NJ which is 2 hours away for work and got an appartment for lease for 6 months only. I forgot to notify USCIS about this address change. It has already been more than 4 months since I moved here.

My NY address where I filed my case has my mother inlaws address where I used to stay before. My wife's family lives there and they receive the letters from USCIS and they have been informing us timely.

I dont plan to stay in NJ for long after my lease is over.

Should I notify USCIS now even though I missed the 10 days window about my new addres or explain it during the interview? I am really concerned now.

What is the right thing for me to do now?

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Hello,

I just found out today that I had to notify USCIS of my address change while my AOS is still pending. I moved from NY (where I filed my AOS) to NJ which is 2 hours away for work and got an appartment for lease for 6 months only. I forgot to notify USCIS about this address change. It has already been more than 4 months since I moved here.

My NY address where I filed my case has my mother inlaws address where I used to stay before. My wife's family lives there and they receive the letters from USCIS and they have been informing us timely.

I dont plan to stay in NJ for long after my lease is over.

Should I notify USCIS now even though I missed the 10 days window about my new addres or explain it during the interview? I am really concerned now.

What is the right thing for me to do now?

People rent a second home for work all the time. This is nothing to be worried about. Here's what the USCIS page says

"You do not need to include temporary addresses as long as you maintain your present address as your permanent residence and continue to receive mail there.

When sending us a change of address, you do not need to include numerous last addresses; only the most recent last address is needed."

Here is the link to that.

https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

[ZeeA]

People rent a second home for work all the time. This is nothing to be worried about. Here's what the USCIS page says

"You do not need to include temporary addresses as long as you maintain your present address as your permanent residence and continue to receive mail there.

When sending us a change of address, you do not need to include numerous last addresses; only the most recent last address is needed."

Here is the link to that.
https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

Okay, so since it is a temperory address and i have been living here for 5 months and plan to leave in 6 months back to NY to my address. This is no longer considered a misdemeanor and I should be fine, right?

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Okay, so since it is a temperory address and i have been living here for 5 months and plan to leave in 6 months back to NY to my address. This is no longer considered a misdemeanor and I should be fine, right?

I very rarely will interpret the law or what the USCIS website says. I can only direct to sources of information. What is it that you're worried about? So even though you get mail at your mother-in-law's home, that is not your home and that is not your wife's home, either. I imagine all your utilities, bank account, and everything else has the new address?
That's just a lot of explaining. Depending upon how much evidence you sent with your AOS applications, the ISO may or may not want to see additional evidence.
If the ISO catches up to the fact that everything has the NJ address. He/she will ask and may or may be satisfied with your answer. One thing is to own a home and lease an apartment that's closer to work, in order to avoid the commute every day; or lease two apartments with the same premise.

[ZeeA]

I very rarely will interpret the law or what the USCIS website says. I can only direct to sources of information. What is it that you're worried about? So even though you get mail at your mother-in-law's home, that is not your home and that is not your wife's home, either. I imagine all your utilities, bank account, and everything else has the new address?
That's just a lot of explaining. Depending upon how much evidence you sent with your AOS applications, the ISO may or may not want to see additional evidence.
If the ISO catches up to the fact that everything has the NJ address. He/she will ask and may or may be satisfied with your answer. One thing is to own a home and lease an apartment that's closer to work, in order to avoid the commute every day; or lease two apartments with the same premise.

You are right. I plan to get a new permanent address when I move to NY. I just do not want to change address right now because I know for sure that I will move back to NY after my lease in NJ expires.

If I do get an interview in the middle while I am still in NJ, would it be ok if I explain to them everything? All my lease, car insurance etc is in NJ now.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

You are right. I plan to get a new permanent address when I move to NY. I just do not want to change address right now because I know for sure that I will move back to NY after my lease in NJ expires.

If I do get an interview in the middle while I am still in NJ, would it be ok if I explain to them everything? All my lease, car insurance etc is in NJ now.

As I mentioned before, people maintain 2 addresses all the time. It's just not the norm. My spouse's lease ended in May 2017 but moved in with me in November 2016. And now that you mention it, my spouse submitted the change of address in July 2017. However, as a F-1 student, and residing on campus, it was best to not mess with it. If that comes up during the interview, heck, I well, it just sort of happened. One day my spouse never left. LOL, know what I mean?

So whatever your situation is, work through all the scenarios and be able to articulate confidently in 2 short sentences that the NJ is temporary. Expect additional scrutiny but not too much. If you're both at the same address, you are probably fine.

It may not even come up. Let me ask you this, did you front-load evidence? Or were you planning on presenting most of it at the interview? I ask because if you front-load your evidence, what I've gathered from people is that the ISO has an impression about your case and after verifying the info on the forms, he/she will set aside the stack of evidence you front loaded and will want to know how you met and get a sense of how genuine the relationship is. But if you didn't, then they're there to see your evidence, and the address issue will likely come up.

You can always say that you rented that apartment to give that job ONE LAST CHANCE and that's why you got the lease for 6 months. And as soon as you moved and eliminated the commute, realized the job does not align with your long term goals. Or whatever, adds up. But make sure you work out the rationale all the way. The interview should not become about this. If you say the address is temporary, that's it.