---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 213a.3"
title: "8"
number: "213a.3"
heading: "Change of address."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/213a.3"
---

# §213a.3. Change of address.

- (a) **Submission of address change—**
  - (1) **Filing requirements.** If the address of a sponsor (including a substitute sponsor or joint sponsor) changes while the sponsor's support obligation is in effect, the sponsor shall file a change of address notice within 30 days, in a manner as prescribed by USCIS on its address change form instructions.
  - (2) **Proof of mailing.** USCIS will accept a photocopy of the change of address form together with proof of the form's delivery to USCIS as evidence that the sponsor has complied with this requirement.
  - (3) **Electronic notices.** USCIS will provide the sponsor with a receipt notice for an address change.
  - (4) **Alien sponsors.** If the sponsor is an alien, the sponsor must still comply with the requirements of [8 CFR 265.1](/cfr/8/265.1.md) to notify USCIS of his or her change of address.
- (b) **Civil penalty.** If the sponsor fails to give notice in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, DHS may impose on the sponsor a civil penalty in an amount within the penalty range established in [section 213A(d)(2)(A)](/cfr/8/213A.md?p=d-2-A) of the Act. Except, if the sponsor, knowing that the sponsored immigrant has received any means-tested public benefit, fails to give notice in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, DHS may impose on the sponsor a civil penalty in an amount within the penalty range established in [section 213A(d)(2)(B)](/cfr/8/213A.md?p=d-2-B) of the Act. The procedure for imposing a civil penalty is established at [8 CFR part 280](/cfr/8/part280.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 53789, Aug. 29, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1183a; 8 CFR part 2.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 54352, Oct. 20, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 53789, Aug. 29, 2011]