address change b4 getting the card?

[lisaz]

I just got the welcome email but realized that i forgot to update my address with USCIS. I went ahead to file AR-11 immediately. Here are the quesitons:

1. will AR-11 take effect in time?
2. if not, will my case get delayed?
3. if there anything I can do to prevent the card from being returned? (currently mails from my old addressed have been forwarded by the post office)

 

[ginnu]

I just got the welcome email but realized that i forgot to update my address with USCIS.
-----------------your mistake
I went ahead to file AR-11 immediately. Here are the quesitons:

1. will AR-11 take effect in time?
----------------form AR11 does not change your address with USCIS
2. if not, will my case get delayed?
--------------case may not be delayed
3. if there anything I can do to prevent the card from being returned? (currently mails from my old addressed have been forwarded by the post office)

----I think you card is going to be sent to the address on I-485 form

 

[harvydonald]

I think Green Cards come in envelope that are marked "Do not forward"
Overnight a letter with your case number, asking your address to be changed.
Also call the 800 number and ask your address be changed for each case number you have. Then call after a few days to verify that the new address is in their system.
There is a few weeks time gap between the approval e-mail and the actual card being mailed.

Relax...you are already a Permanent resident since the day your 485 was approved. There might just be a delay in you getting your Green Card.