From: [email-masked] (Hongxing Hu)
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 94 11:39:57 CDT

> 
> I got PR under CSPA in Feb.. Then my wife applied PR. Recently we moved.
> My question is: should we notice INS about address change or just go to post office to change the address is enough?  If you can, please give me answer in re-
> garding to move within same state and also move to different state. Thanks
> 
Notifying appropriate INS office for address change is necessary.  If your
wife's case is still under processing by your local INS, you have to
notify your local INS, and they may transfer her case to the local INS of
your new place (esp. if you are moving to different state). If the case
has been completed by your local INS, and has gone to Card Production
Facility, then you just need to notify CPF by sending then a normalized
form (which is designated for correspondence with CPF only, and is
available in any INS office).  In other words, you may have to go your
local INS anyway.  Then they will tell you what you should do.

BTW, changing with post office might be okay.  But you are taking the risk
of delaying to receive your card.  The post office is not supposed to
forward GC.  Rather, the card will be returned to CPF, until they are
notified of your new address. 

Judging your case by yourself.  You may leave your case to your previous
local INS if you don't like it to be transfered (transfering to a new INS
may cause some delay for processing), however you have to be prepared for
interview with previous INS also.  (What do you think if you are going to
move from NY to CA?)   But in any case, you have to notify CPF about the
change at one or the other time.