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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will celebrate Independence Day this year by welcoming more than 5,500 new citizens in more than 180 naturalization ceremonies between June 30 and July 7.
USCIS will celebrate Independence Day this year by welcoming more than 5,500 new citizens in more than 180 naturalization ceremonies between June 30 and July 7. These ceremonies demonstrate our commitment to welcoming immigrants and promoting the benefits of U.S. citizenship for all who are eligible.
Please visit Lockbox and Service Center Filing Location Updates for current updates.
We sometimes change or adjust filing locations among our service centers or lockbox facilities to balance our incoming workload for timely processing. We may also refine addresses to improve internal processes at our service centers or lockbox facilities.
ALERT: On June 13, 2023, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the extension of Honduras for TPS for 18 months, from Jan. 6, 2024, through July 5, 2025. For additional information, please see the Federal Register notice.
On Nov. 10, 2022, DHS posted for public inspection a Federal Register Notice (FRN) announcing that beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador and Nicaragua and the 2011 designation of Haiti and the 2013 designation of Sudan will retain their TPS and that their TPS-related documentation will continue through June 30, 2024, while the preliminary injunction in Ramos v.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the expansion of the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program, which provides funding for citizenship preparation programs in communities across the country.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that certain individuals requesting parole based on urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit can file Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, online.
Effective June 9, 2023, through July 31, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will consider, on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, a two-year extension of the original parole period for Afghan parolees who have already applied for asylum or for adjustment to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status (such as adjustment of status as a special immigrant).
Foreign academic or vocational students may work in the United States under certain circumstances. DHS issues documents showing employment authorization based on the type of student they are and the type of employment they have.
The U.S. government is granting advance travel authorization for up to 30,000 noncitizens each month to come to the United States to seek parole on a case-by-case basis under the processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.