United States Citizenship and Immigration Services which is known as
USCIS, is the federal agency and its sole responsibility is to oversee
lawful immigration to the United States. USCIS which oversees lawful
immigration provides its customers accurate information about
immigration, citizenship benefits and promotes awareness about US
citizenship. There are various USCIS offices that offer services to the
customers. Non-asylum related applications and the interviews are
handled by the local offices. As a USCIS customer, you can obtain the
required information through the USCIS website or through phone. If you
require additional information, you can contact the local USCIS offices
that provide information, apart from what is available in the website.
You
can always find out the services offered by the USCIS through the
website and phone, before you go to a local office. In order to obtain
better services, you must get an appointment to meet an immigration
officer, at a local USCIS office. You need not wait in a line to obtain
the required services, if you obtain an appointment before you go to a
local office. You need not go to a local office, in order to obtain
services before you could file an application. You can learn about the
different USCIS forms through the USCIS website. All the forms have
specific instructions and are self-explanatory.
All services
related to filing a form are available through the website and you can
also obtain information through phone. Such services may not be
available in the local office as the USCIS local office deal with the
applications that are already e-filed or filed by mail. Moreover, the
local offices deal with issues that have not been resolved through phone
or through the website. In order to make the filing process easy, USCIS
allows the customers to e-file certain forms. Similarly, such forms may
also be completed by hand and mailed to a USCIS Service Center or a
National Benefit Center. As most forms are available for e-filing only
few applications must be filed at local USCIS offices. Remember that the
filing services for all the USCIS applications are not provided in the
local offices and are limited only to certain USCIS forms.
An
appointment at a local USCIS office will be scheduled only if you
require an interview and if additional information is required, while
your case is being processed. When an interview appointment notice is
sent to you, make sure that you do not fail to appear for that
interview. Your case may be delayed, if you do not appear for the
scheduled interview. If you are in an emergency and if it prevents you
from appearing for the scheduled interview, you may follow the
appointment notice instructions and make a request to reschedule your
interview, by contacting the customer service. When you go to a USCIS
local office for your scheduled appointment, make sure that you carry
with you the appointment scheduled by the USCIS or the Infopass
appointment confirmation, your passport or a photo identity document
issued by the government.
USCIS office directory provides all USCIS local offices
by State and City. Simply click on any State or City below to locate
the office nearest you and find specific office details for each
location.
