LOS ANGELES, July 25: The US justice department said on Tuesday it would require all non-citizens to report change of address within 10 days of moving or risk financial penalties, jail and even deportation, reported Los Angeles Times.

The plan, which relies on a long-neglected 50-year-old law, will apply to 10 million people older than 14 — who are living in the United States legally, but are not American citizens.

More than one million are estimated to live in Los Angeles county alone. The new policy also covers illegal immigrants — around eight million — but few are expected to step forward.

The announcement was part of a continuing effort by the federal government to overhaul the lax and disorganized system of tracking foreign visitors in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks.

The INS will update nearly three dozen forms used by immigrants to notify them of the requirements, officials said.