Failed to file AR-11 on time

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Hannah7

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I just found out, that I should have filed my AR-11 at least month ago. So I did it a day ago.

Am I now facing any problems?

By the way, who else must be notified about my address change? From what I know: maybe bank and my friends:)

Please, someone tell me/us what all you had to do, when you moved to new address.
 
AR-11 is all you have to file as far as immigration is concerned, unless you have a pending immigration application of some kind.

Outside of immigration, you probably need to change your driver's license as well, if it has your address displayed on it. The rest of the stuff, that's between you and your bank/school/employer/etc.

Yes, you should have filed it sooner, but once you file it you should be OK even though it's late. The only time I've heard of somebody getting into trouble is when they didn't file it at all for the new address.
 
Thank you Jackolantern!

By the way, as a student, does it matter that my address will be at dormitories? I got better offer from dormitories, but from immigration point of view, I guess, it might not look so good to have LPRs living at dormitories. What do you think?
 
only if you "willfuly " omit to change address non citizen could get into trouble with USCIS - if you did not know what you suppose to do and than correct your address than is OK and you got nothing to fear -if you omit to report change of address willfuly in order to conceal something or to avoid removal proceedings against you (by hiding your address) than its criminal offence (misdemenour)
 
When moving to another state, do I have to surrender my out-of-state photo ID at DMV? Or can I keep it just as souvenir?

If surrended the out-of-state photo ID, does the state know I terminated old address so I no longer get any notification to that old address?
 
It depends on the DMV of the new state and what they want to do with your old licence. I don't think they notify CIS of your address termination, but they can dig up the information if they want to I guess. Just file an AR-11 and remember the dates for your citizenship application. By the way, I assume you're back in the US now? How did the re-entry go?
 
As it was once explained to me by a police officer once, the proper way to do it is you notify the state that you're moving out of that you no longer reside there. This way they update their records and do not keep sending you letters to renew any of your IDs.

Chances are that the state that you are moving into will take your previous driver's license from you after they issue you their new one. That is what happened to me when I moved from NY to NJ, and I have heard of similar experiences from other friends/colleagues.

Regards,


Stoned!
 
cafeconleche said:
By the way, I assume you're back in the US now? How did the re-entry go?
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Thank you.

Reentry was not problem at Washington Dulles. I just got question for what purpose I was away. Replied "study at univerzity". And then "welcome back!".

But it really depends on officer.
 
Correct.
Like yesterday when I returned from visiting my mother in Toronto, the officer at the Sarnia/Port Huron crossing was only interested in what brand of chocolates I had bought in Canada and why I did not like American chocolates!!!
My defense was that I cannot find "Terry's Chocolate Orange" anywhere in Chicagoland :)

Hannah7 said:
But it really depends on officer.
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Hannah7 said:
When moving to another state, do I have to surrender my out-of-state photo ID at DMV? Or can I keep it just as souvenir?
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The usual procedure is that you obtain a license in the new state by handing in the old license to the DMV of the new state (they may make you do an eye test and/or a written test, but by handing in the old license you avoid a driving test). The new DMV then will presumably communicate with the old state to terminate the old license.
 
Jackolantern said:
The usual procedure is that you obtain a license in the new state by handing in the old license to the DMV of the new state (they may make you do an eye test and/or a written test, but by handing in the old license you avoid a driving test). The new DMV then will presumably communicate with the old state to terminate the old license.
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AFAIK, this is not true for all states e.g. in CA, they do not take your old license - they just punch a hole in it and give it back to you. I guess you can keep it as souvenir after that !

Not sure if they communicated to the old state in case of the DL, but for car registration they did take the old plates and said it would be returned to the state DMV.
 
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