Changing your address with Immigration
Immigration & Visas
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F-type visa information
- 17-Month STEM OPT Extension Request Form
- Termination of Employment Report
- OPT & 17 Month STEM Extension 6 Month Validation Report
- H-1B Visa Cap-Gap extension application
- 17-month OPT Extension as of 5/1/08
- OPT Changes - 4/23/2008
- F-1 reinstatement
- Change of status from H-1 to F-1 student
- Change of status from F-2 to F-1 student
- F-1/I-20 extension of stay
- Inviting an F-2 dependent
- F-1 students: Transferring schools
- Optional Practical Training for F-1 students
- Optional Practical Training for F-1 Undergraduate Students
- Optional Practical Training for F-1 Graduate Students
- J-type visa information
- Immigration updates
- Immigration resources / links
- Checking in with ISSS
- What is SEVIS?
- Maintaining your legal status
- How to get a Social Security Number
It is recommended that international students and scholars who have changed their address since they last entered the United States notify Immigration immediately by completing and submitting Form AR-11, which is available for download from the Immigration website. There is no fee for filing this form.
This form is easy to fill out, and we recommend that you keep a copy for your records. Please note that the form will ask you for your "A" number; only if you are in the United States as a pending permanent resident or via asylum will you have such a number. All others should leave this space blank.
This form is not new. The requirement of notifying Immigration when a non-immigration person in the United States changes his/her address has been around for over 50 years, but it has not been enforced. If you want to read the regulation, it can be found in Section 262(a) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.
PLEASE NOTE: It is a misdemeanor if you do not notify Immigration of an address change since your last entry into the United States. This can result in a jail term of no more than 30 days and/or a fine not to exceed $200.00, as well as a provision to place the individual into custody and removal from the United States.
Many things are still changing after the September 11, 2001 attacks, and we all need to understand that and know that these new requirements are something we are all going to have to obey. Nevertheless, you still need to notify the International Office and the Registrar's Office at Rensselaer within ten days of changing your local address.