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US Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) has announced that petitioners residing in countries without
USCIS offices will be able to file a Petition for an Alien Relative
(Form I-130), with the USCIS Chicago Lockbox facility. This change
will take effect 8/15/2011. USCIS says this will change will
increase the efficiency of the process and give USCIS more
flexibility in managing its workload. Previous regulations permitted
these petitioners, who comprise about 5 percent of all I-130
petitioners, to file with USCIS or the U.S. Department of State at
their local U.S. embassy or consulate.
The addresses for the new filing
location are as follows:
For U.S. Postal Service:
USCIS
P.O. Box 804625
Attn. CSC/I-130/OS
Chicago, IL 60680-4107
For Express mail and courier deliveries:
USCIS
Attn. CSC/I-130/OS
131 South Dearborn – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
USCIS notes that petitioners residing in a country with a USCIS
office have the option of sending their I-130 forms to the Chicago
Lockbox, or they may file their Forms I-130 at the international
USCIS office having jurisdiction over the area where they live.
USCIS is advising that, in order to facilitate a smooth
transition, petitioners should continue to file at their local U.S.
embassy or consulate through 8/14/2011, but that thereafter,
petitioners residing abroad must file according to the new
instructions.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION:
Contact John
Byrley at tel: 410-719-1501.
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