[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR213a.3]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 213a--AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 213a.3  Notice of change of address.

    (a) General. If the address of a sponsor (including a joint sponsor) 
changes for any reason while the sponsor's support obligation under the 
affidavit of support remains in effect with respect to any sponsored 
immigrant, the sponsor shall file Form I-865, Sponsor's Notice of Change 
of Address, with the Service no later than 30 days after the change of 
address becomes effective.
    (b) Civil penalty--(1) Amount of penalty. (i) Except as provided in 
paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, if the sponsor fails to give 
notice in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, the Service may 
impose on the sponsor a civil penalty in an amount within the penalty 
range established in section 213A(d)(2)(A) of the Act.
    (ii) If the sponsor, knowing that the sponsored immigrant has 
received any means-tested public benefit, fails to give notice in 
accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, the Service may impose on 
the sponsor a civil penalty in an amount within the penalty range 
established in section 213A(d)(2)(B) of the Act.
    (2) Procedure for imposing penalty. The procedure for imposing a 
civil penalty under this paragraph follows that which is established at 
8 CFR part 280.

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    (c) Change of address. If the sponsor is an alien, filing Form I-865 
under this section does not satisfy or substitute for the change of 
address notice required under Sec. 265.1 of this chapter.