Chapter 9: Change of Address
If you move after you are released from detention, you must tell the government and the Immigration Court of your new address. If you do not tell them and the Court sends a notice of a hearing to an old address and you miss the hearing, the Immigration Judge can order you deported.
Send your change of address to the Immigration Court and to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for cases heard in the Chelmsford Immigration Court. See Immigration Addresses. You are also required to inform the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of a change of address within 10 days of completing your move. You fill out USCIS Form AR-11 and mail it to the address shown on the form.
If you are released from detention and your case is continuing in the Immigration Court, you must file a Motion to Change Venue to have your court case move to where you are living. Your court case will not move automatically just by notifying the court of your new address. You can download a pro se Motion to Change Venue at the Immigration Court’s website.
You should also keep checking the court to find out when and where your next hearing is. You can call the EOIR case hotline: 800-898-7180. You can also check your case status on line in the Automated Case Information System. If you miss your court date, you will be ordered deported, so make sure to check often.
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