USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms
Alert: Before sending your package to USCIS, make sure that all the forms you have completed are the current acceptable edition. The current acceptable edition can be found under the Edition Date section listed on each form’s webpage.
You can also find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions. For each form that you are submitting, make sure that all pages are from the same form edition. If any of the form’s pages are from a different form edition, we may reject your form. Watch USCIS Forms: Download the most recent version! to see how to ensure your form is acceptable.
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Use this table to determine which USCIS lockbox you should send certain family-based forms based on your reason for filing, eligibility category, and where you live.
We specify the eligibility categories that use these addresses on the following pages:
- Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative
- Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
- Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-360, Immigrant Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er) or Special Immigrant
- Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
- Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
- Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition
- I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA
Applications and petitions that are not mailed to the appropriate filing location may experience processing delays.
| If you are filing certain family-based Forms I-130, I-131, I-360, I-485, I-765, I-824 or I-864 and you live in: | Mail your form to: |
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| Texas | USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Delaware Georgia Indiana Iowa Kansas Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania South Dakota Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin | USCIS Elgin Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Colorado Hawaii Idaho Kentucky Louisiana Montana Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon Tennessee Utah Washington Wyoming | USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| California Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Guam Illinois Maine Massachusetts Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont | USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
E-Notification: If you want to receive an email and/or a text message that we have accepted your form, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, and attach it to the first page of your application or petition.