Under INS regulations, all "aliens" or foreign nationals (non-immigrants and immigrants) are required to notify INS of a change of address using Form AR-11 within 10 days of moving.  The change of address reporting requirement applies to all non-immigrants, asylees, and lawful permanent residents. Only U.S. citizens are exempt from this requirement. In early November 2002, the INS issued an updated version of Form AR-11, Change of Address (this version indicates "Rev. 11/7/02"). At that time, the INS also changed the address to which the form must be sent. The new form must be filed with INS at an address in London, Kentucky. There are two addresses, one for mail delivery and the other for over night (Fedex, UPS) delivery.

The Form AR-11 must be submitted within 10 days of any change of address.  Please click on the link for a copy of the new form  http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/ar-11.htm.  Please note that if a foreign national recently submitted a change of address to the INS, s/he does not need to submit another form. The INS will forward all change of address forms received at the previous address to the new address.

Prior versions of the form are still acceptable. Finally, the INS requests that the form be completed in English although it has three foreign language versions of the form. Please review the INS website at  http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/address.htm for additional instructions.

It is important to note that an AR-11 is also required for: 

1. 1.persons who are subject to the recently announced "Special Registration" requirements must use AR-11 to report any change of employment or school within 10 days of the change. At the present time, this impacts nationals and citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria but the list of countries may grow. See our website under important news "Immigration Alert: Special Registration Requirements Expanded" for details; and,


2. persons who have ever "sponsored" an immigrant by filing a Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support) must use AR-11 to report any change of address within 30 days of the change if the obligations of the Affidavit of Support are still "in force" (typically, one's obligations continue until the sponsored immigrant naturalizes as a U.S. citizen, departs the U.S. permanently or dies.)

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