USCIS has proposed changes to the Form AR-11, Alien's Change of Address Card. Currently, the form is used for non-U.S. citizen residents to report address changes when they move as well as those who are subject to the registry requirement. Only those who are subject to the registry requirement are required to submit this information. Those who are simply filing the form to update their address would not be required to submit the below information. 

Under the proposed changes, USCIS would now require the following information to be submitted:

• Current employment, if applicable
• Current school, if applicable
• Any receipt, current or past, of federal means tested benefits including:
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
  • Medicaid 
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)   
  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)    
  • Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)   
  • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • Federal Income Maintenance (also known as General Assistance)
  • Section 8 Housing Assistance under the Housing Choice Program
  • Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, including Moderate Rehabilitation
  • Federal Cash or Non-Cash Assistance 
  • State or Local Means-Tested Public Benefits 

Filers would need to report each time they received the benefit, the monthly and annual amount received, and the payment frequency with start and end dates.

The collection of information related to public benefits is likely related to the administration's doubling down on public charge inadmissibility. USCIS states that the information being collected will be used to determine whether filers are deportable, if they are eligible for the immigration benefit for which they are applying, and ensure public benefits are not being received by those who are ineligible.

Applicants for  an a visa, admission to the United States, or adjustment of status who are deemed likely to become a public charge – or someone who is likely to become dependent on government benefits – can be found to be inadmissible to the United States, unless they fall into one of the exempted groups. A history of receiving public means tested benefits can be a negative factor against applicants.  

The proposed changes are open to public comment under July 6, 2026.