Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility
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| I am... | Mail Form I-601 to: |
|---|---|
| An approved Violence Against Women Act self-petitioner seeking an immigrant visa. | USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| A T nonimmigrant filing Form I-601 together with or based on a pending Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. | U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Seeking an immigrant visa or a nonimmigrant K or V visa and I have been found inadmissible by a consular officer after my visa interview. | USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS To request processing by a USCIS international office due to exceptional and compelling humanitarian reasons, please review the information about the exceptions to domestic filing is located on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov/i601centralizationexceptions (PDF, 78.82 KB) |
| Filing Form I-601 together with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. | Follow the Form I-485 Instructions. |
| Filing Form I-601 and my Form I-485 is pending. | If your Form I-485 receipt number (located on the I-797C Notice of Action) begins with "MSC" or "IOE" or does not have a 3-letter code at the beginning of the receipt number, then mail to: USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
If your Form I-485 receipt number (located on the I-797C Notice of Action) begins with "EAC", "LIN", "SRC", on "WAC" then mail to: USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS | |
| Filing Form I-601 with Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status. | Mail your forms according to the instructions in the recently published Federal Register notice for your country’s TPS designation. |
| In removal proceedings | File Form I-601 with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) according to the instructions provided to you in court. For information about EOIR, visit EOIR’s Web site at www.usdoj.gov/eoir |