U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the agency which grants (and sometimes denies) applications for green cards, U.S. citizenship and applications for extensions and changes of temporary visa status.
The USCIS website provides thousands of pages of information regarding how to obtain immigration benefits. However, the website is so complex that it is sometimes difficult to find the information that you are looking for. We have spent many hours locating the most useful information on the government’s website. Our web site has more links to the USCIS web page than any other site on the Internet.
We hope that the links below help you to find the information that you are looking for.
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The USCIS allows you to check the status of your case online, download all immigration forms without charge; determine the filing fees of immigration petitions and applications; explains immigration services and benefits programs; provides you with the functions, jurisdiction and contact information of each of the agency’s field offices; directs you to immigration laws, regultations and policies; and links to press releases, fact sheets and FAQs.
Our USCIS page is divided into the following subtopics:
- General Information & Website
- News & Releases
- FBI Namechecks
- Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Reports on the INS/USCIS
Related Pages:
- Check the Status of Your Immigration Case Online
- “Welcome to the United States: A Guide to New Immigrants”
- E-Filing of Immigration Petitions and Applications
- USCIS Ombudsman
GENERAL INFORMATION & WEBSITE
- USCIS Web Site (English)
- USCIS Contact Information
- USCIS Multilingual Resource Center (22 Languages)
- USCIS Online Immigration System
- USCIS Policy Manual: Citizenship and Naturalization
- Adjudicators Field Manual (Redacted Public Version)
- Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)
- Administrative Appeals Office: How Do I Appeal the Denial of My Petition or Application?
- AAO Decisions
- The Beacon – USCIS Blog
- Change Your Address Online
- Civil Surgeon Locator
- Community Relations
- Director of USCIS – Alejandro Mayorkas
- E-Mail Updates (USCIS Web Site)
- e-Requests
- Employer Information
- Immigration Laws, Regulations & Guides
- Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda
- Immigration Services and Benefits
- InfoPass: Making an Appointment with the USCIS
- National Benefits Center
- Office Locator
- Office of Immigration Statistics (DHS)
- Office of Public Engagement
- Processing Times and Case Status
- Spanish-Lanuage Web Site (Espanol)
- RSS Page
- SAVE Program
- Twitter Page
- YouTube Videos
NEWS & RELEASES
- USCIS to Expand Entrepreneurs in Residence Initiative (5-8-13)
- USCIS to Use Customer Identity Verification at Field Offices (4-8-13)
- USCIS Temporarily Suspends Most H-2B Petition Adjudications (4-2-13)
- USCIS Extends EADs for Liberians Covered under DED (3-15-13)
- Free “Immigration and Naturalization 101″ Webinar (3-12-13)
- USCIS Reminder: New Immigrant Fee Beginning February 1 (1-28-13)
- USCIS Customer Service Improvements: Online Case Tools (1-10-13)
- USCIS Begins Transition to Centralized Policy Manual (1-7-13)
- USCIS to Implement New Immigrant Fee for Green Cards (12-13-12)
- Ciudad Juarez Field Office No Longer Accepting Form I-601 (12-5-12)
- USCIS on Home Study Age Restrictions for Adoptive Children (11-5-12)
- USCIS Announces FY 2012 Grant Recipients on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (9-17-12)
- USCIS Deferred Action Stakeholder Teleconference (8-3-12)
- Court Files Permanent Injunction Against USCIS Regarding FOIA Processing - Press Release (5-7-12)
- Permanent Court Injunction Regarding FOIA Processing - PDF (5-7-12)
- USCIS Proposed Rule on I-601 Stateside Waivers – Federal Register (4-2-12)
- USCIS Proposes Process Change for Certain Waivers of Inadmissibility (3-30-12)
- USCIS Designation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status Teleconference (3-28-12)
- USCIS Seeks Public Comments on Revisions to Form I-9 (3-27-12)
- USCIS Announces Citizenship and Integration Grant Opportunity (3-20-12)
- USCIS Notes That I-601 Provisional Waiver is NOT in Effect (2-22-12)
- USCIS Straight from the Source Newsletter (January 2012)
- USCIS Announces Changes to Stand Alone I-130 Filing Locations (12-23-11)
- USCIS Announces Transition from Paper Based to Electronic Based Model (11-16-11)
- USCIS Office of Public Engagement Announces Plan to Adjudicate Bundled L-1B Petitions (11-3-11)
- USCIS Redesigns Employment Authorization Documents to Combat Fraud (10-25-11)
- USCIS Improves Processing for Naturalization and Citizenship Forms (10-19-11)
- USCIS Meeting with AILA – Q and A’s (10-5-11)
- USCIS Announces “Entrepreneurs in Residence” Initiative (10-11-11)
- USCIS Announces Use of Fiscal Year 2011 Employment-Based Visa Allocations (9-16-11)
- DHS Publishes Business Transformation Regulation (8-29-11)
- USCIS Memo on Changes in Timeframes for Responses to RFEs (7-7-11)
- VIBE FAQ (1-26-11)
- USCIS Issues Two Precedent Appeals Decisions (10-21-10)
- USCIS Announces Final Rule Adjusting Fees for Immigration Benefits (9-23-10)
- New USCIS.gov Features Improve Customer Service (8-02-10)
- Leaked Mayorkas Memo on Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform (7-30-10)
- USCIS Announces First Ten Areas of Focus For Agencywide Policy Review (7-26-10)
- USCIS Policy: Public Survey Results
FBI NAMECHECKS
- USCIS and FBI Release Joint Plan to Eliminate Backlog of FBI Name Checks (4-02-08)
- USCIS AND FBI RELEASE JOINT PLAN TO ELIMINATE BACKLOG OF FBI NAME CHECKS (4-02-08)
- NEW USCIS POLICY REGARDING FBI NAME CHECKS (2-04-08)
- AILF on USCIS/FBI Namecheck Policy
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL – REPORTS ON THE USCIS/INS (DOJ)