Home Address vs. Company Address

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cadavi

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Hi Folks,
My company is insisting on providing the company headquarter's address on all my immigration forms. However, I am currently working on a long term project in another state. I have a few questions for you folks:

1. Is it legal/OK to provide company address rather than my home address on all forms?
2. Since I'm being represented by my company lawyer, I am concerned about the accountability. What if my FP notices etc. reach my company's headquarters, and someone sits on it without forwarding them to me asap? Nobody except me has a stake in my GC, so it's not as important to anyone else as it is to me.

Anybody else has this happen to them? What would you suggest? Let things continue or ask the lawyer to change the address to my home address? I am moving to another state soon, so that will be a good time for me to file my AR-11 form as soon as I relocate.

Thanks for any helpful advice.
 
I believe you have little confusion about Addresses.

Read carefully
Any form which need applicant home address will be fillled out with ur Home address and where company info column would be filled out company info.

Asumming u are in 485+140 stage, in 140 same rule is applied.

485 it is ur personal pettition based on Empl based. your concern is where FP will go then, if your company attorney files ur 485 he also submited G-28 form it mean that he is repesenting ur case and all immg matter from USCIS. he / his firm will get ur FP. not company. and u need to keep in touch with it if this is situation.

if your 485 is submitted by yourself directly without attorney all coressponding will come to ur address becz u are represeting ur 486. Got it?

Now if company is askin you to use Head office address which is another state, as many consulting firm do, in LC which is approved based on where you will be working on after 485 is approved, if my understanding is this I guess ur are tryhing to figure it out that it won't be any probelm at the time of 485 approval and ur current job place even this is under on single company not multiple. then u all fine all u need is simple explanation that you would be worjking on the place where LC is approved. and EVL from ur company. they can't deny u just because u intent not wo work there.... u are just working on project. and I believe if u get chance to look ETA-750 in LC u would get better idea to understand.

I believe that company is trying to control somthing or influance issue.... anyway....

simple solution is either u submit ur 485 urself or hire new ur own attorney to do it. and even u go with company attorney u are all fine.... company can not put their address as ur home address. that is illeagal :D

Best thing is hire ur own attorney and submit 485 through it. remember 485 is ur own pettition and noone have any control on it except u. if you file u will get all cressponding. :D and if any attorny file he/att firm willl get all Cressponding.

Does it help?

If u feel comfortable share with us when u started , little case history, what is current stage u are standing on?

Labor Certification? 140? 485?




Good Luck
 
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Some more info about my case

Hi PrinceofJungle,
First of all, I have to say that I really like your attitude on these boards. You try to provide humor to everyone who visits using your AMAZING HTML graphics, and provide advise and information wholeheartedly. Thanks for all your support to everyone!! ALso, you are extremely talented with your graphics - are you a graphics designer??

OK back to my case:

I am an L1A case, so no LC happened fr me. Filed I-140 and I-485 non-concurrently. I-140 was approved 9/2002. I-485 filed 11/2002, still waiting for FP.

My company lawyer is representing me, and all forms go to her - my receipt notices, APs, etc. and then she forwards them to me. But there has also been a case where my EAD went to my company instead, and they never forwarded them to me till I found out about it and asked them to.

1. In the form "Notice of appearance as attorney or representative", my address is given as my company's HQ address. Instead of Apt no. the Suite number of my office is given.

2. In I-485, the same thing. My address is given as "C/o" (in care of) the company address again! Not my home address. Again in Apt no. the Suite number is provided, which is in a different state.

3. In all my EAD applications, the same thing - office address with a "C/o" again.

4. In all AP applications, same thing.

There is not a single form that has my actual home address anywhere! That's why I am a little concerned. Is that a usual practice with all consulting companies? The only form where I actually have my correct home address is on the form G-325A - biographic information.

My company says since I move around a lot for my projects, the safest thing is to have a c/o Offfice address so that we don't have to file AR-11 every time I relocate because of my projects.

I just hope my concerns are not serious. Will appreciate any comments or suggestions.

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I-485 ND 11/02
No FP
 
I don't think its usual practice, but its probably a good idea, since if you ever need to move, then you are more likely to get your replies from USCIS. They have a tendency of procrastinating on the updates of addresses, or sometimes, like in my case, some files still have the old address. USCIS may continue sending to the old address, and then if you don't get the mail and replay in time, they will consider your case abandoned, and deny the case. Since your lawyer, and your company are much less likely to move than you, you won't run into this problem.

Secondly, as a polite FYI, PrinceofJungle's graphics are not HTML but rather simple ASCII. He's probably spitting them out by the truckloads using a simple tool he downloaded for free on the web. A child in grade school could do the same thing, and the person really doesn't need to be a graphic artist to use the tool.
 
Don't worry,

I was in same situation as yours. I had applied from Atlanta but my office is in MA. All my addresses were of the Atlanta office. During my FP I gave my home address of MA. I had left my employer 3 months back and got approved yesterday.

Just maintain a good relation with the people in the other office who handles all the mails, so that your mails are promptly forwarded to you.

Apart from EAD and AP, all other documents goes to the lawyer.

Don't worry, as the GC is for future employment, you can always defend that you will be joining that office once you have your GC.

Just relax and wait for your GC.
 
cadavi said:
Hi PrinceofJungle,
First of all, I have to say that I really like your attitude on these boards. You try to provide humor to everyone who visits using your AMAZING HTML graphics, and provide advise and information wholeheartedly.
Thanks for all your support to everyone!! ALso, you are extremely talented with your graphics - are you a graphics designer??
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Thank you :D, I am just a regular person.

Graphics and Graph :D
I love High end graphics and High Graphs of TSC approvals :D


cadavi said:
I am an L1A case, so no LC happened fr me. Filed I-140 and I-485 non-concurrently. I-140 was approved 9/2002. I-485 filed 11/2002, still waiting for FP.
My company lawyer is representing me, and all forms go to her - my receipt notices, APs, etc. and then she forwards them to me. But there has also been a case where my EAD went to my company instead, and they never forwarded them to me till I found out about it and asked them to.

1. In the form "Notice of appearance as attorney or representative", my address is given as my company's HQ address. Instead of Apt no. the Suite number of my office is given.
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It seems that they are implementing their own policies and bypassing forms instructions. which they shouldn't.

2. In I-485, the same thing. My address is given as "C/o" (in care of) the company address again! Not my home address. Again in Apt no. the Suite number is provided, which is in a different state.
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I would like to share u somthing about 485. the 485 is your own pettition, only and only you control ur 485, you are requesting USCIS that I have permanent job offer from US Empl so plz Adjust my Status permanently :D .and you can file yourslef too, all you would need is Job offer letter at filling time, and EVL (Employment Verificaion Letter), for RFE if issued thats it,

Fortunately u are on LIA and No LC so ur job description duties are not defined. its great relief, a simple supporting EVL would be enough too. anyway. the pettition was already filled so there is no U-turn and restart.... making cracks in relationship with empl also wouldn't be in ur favor. what happned was not in ur favor, just because you didn't know or simple words they are trying to control somthing.

My understaing with LIA visa is it is 'Employees in Managerial and Executive positions' so I am assuming :D you would be able to manage this issue in some smart way. let them play their cards first.


3. In all my EAD applications, the same thing - office address with a "C/o" again.
4. In all AP applications, same thing.
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Yes they shouldn't, ask them if they would also like TAKE-CARE including 'C/o' of your Credit Card bills too :D

There is not a single form that has my actual home address anywhere! That's why I am a little concerned. Is that a usual practice with all consulting companies? The only form where I actually have my correct home address is on the form G-325A - biographic information.

My company says since I move around a lot for my projects, the safest thing is to have a c/o Offfice address so that we don't have to file AR-11 every time I relocate because of my projects.
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All aliens from this planet or others living this part of land (Land of opertunity)should file AR-11 within 10 days after move. if you stay/move to other state temporary like a couple of months for job duties then its okay.

I just hope my concerns are not serious. Will appreciate any comments or suggestions.
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You do have many options but it may benifit you or may not too. becz they alfready have filed 485 using their add. so this is wait and watch game. try to make good relations with the attorney/HR ppl whoever get ur docs. spending some $$ helps fine. let them play their cards.

What options you have?
first understand this that changing of address may transfer ur case to your local office for interview. so avoid it filing AR-11,

keep close eye on the casees that were filed near ur date. so u can track accept the progress in ur own case. if too much time or USCIS official projection date very close then you should step forward and ask explanation from them.


All I am understaning very clearly that they are trying to keep all balls in their court. I am only trying to share my opinion,

First thing first.
You should have all of ur pettitions copies
All Documents submited by attorney for u case
All docs received from USCIS.
You should have all copies. get it in ur first prefrence

once u get it, then sit relax and start thinking using some option in front of you.
that ur case is near its 2002 case so either u sit quit, wait and watch
or
if you have any permenant address in the state where company is. then simply File AR-11 and update ur 485 file, + filing G-28 either using ur name or ur new attorney files, that would redirect all crossponding of ur case to either u or ur new attorney, if you go this path then u must prepare and get ready all doc that would need like EVL++. and you should be the only person who know about :D. .

Its your decision whatever path u choose. I am not giving u any advise just sharing u posibilites, decide wisely.

if I were u I wouldn't have allowed them to use any other address than mine on my pettition. Noway.

Good Luck
 
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POJ

I take all your posts in the lighter vein, its a great diversion from the usual GC worries and jitters that most of us have and shrae on this portal. Please continue with them , dont worry about what others say. I dont care whether they are HTML or AASCI, i enjoy them
 
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