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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.
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.
Only a small portion of applicants may have the choice to take the 2020 version of the Civics Test
USCIS issued new or corrected I-797, Notice of Action, receipt notices to certain individuals who did not initially receive information about the up to 540-day Employment Authorization Document (EAD) auto-extension period.
In March 2023, USCIS published a temporary final rule extending the requirement for certain asylum applicants to use a USCIS-contracted telephonic interpreter to keep our workforce and applicants safe during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Field Office Appointments and Rescheduling
Due to increased spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19, USCIS field offices may need to reschedule appointments based on local conditions. We will send notices to applicants and petitioners with previously scheduled appointments for interviews and naturalization ceremonies if we need to reschedule. Those attending appointments should follow the safety guidelines outlined below.
Alert: USCIS encourages public comment on this proposed rule. The public comment period began on Jan.
The clerk of any court conducting naturalization activities under section 339 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1450) and 8 CFR 339 uses this form to provide information to USCIS to finalize the record process regarding naturalized individuals and to determine payments to the courts as provided by law.