{"id":1568,"date":"2014-08-14T12:31:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T17:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/how-to-locate-a-uscis-office\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:17:05","slug":"how-to-locate-a-uscis-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/how-to-locate-a-uscis-office\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Locate a USCIS Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Know about USCIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is the governing body for the citizenship and immigration procedures. It is a component of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It was formerly known as the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS).The administrative functions that were formerly carried out by the\u00a0 Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) are now managed by USCIS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To strengthen the security and\u00a0 sustain the integrity of the immigration process.<br \/>\nTo deliver effective customer service by providing immigration benefit and information services.<br \/>\nTo extend support to the participation of immigrants in American civic culture.<br \/>\nTo promote flexible and effective immigration policies.<br \/>\nTo strengthen the infrastructure that supports the governing body\u2019s mission.<br \/>\nTo operate as a high-performance organization and\u00a0 promote a highly talented workforce.<br \/>\nTo promote a dynamic work culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These goals have been adhered to as effectively as possible. This government agency has about 18,000 government employees and contractors, working relentlessly at 250 offices across the world. It is headed by a director who has to report directly to the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant is the present director.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How to Locate a USCIS Office?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A USCIS office can be easily located with just a click. Having a secure internet connection is the basic requisite for this. Anybody wanting to locate an office needs to log on to the USCIS website and click on the \u2018Find a USCIS office\u2019 tab which will direct the person to a page containing all the offices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The USCIS offices list includes the following<\/p>\n<p>Field Offices (within the United States) \u2013 Handles scheduled interviews on non-asylum related applications.<br \/>\nInternational Offices \u2013 Caters to the needs of US citizens and permanent residents who are residing outside the US regarding immigration issues.<br \/>\nApplication Support Centers \u2013 Provides biometric (fingerprinting) and related services.<br \/>\nAsylum Offices \u2013 Handles scheduled interviews for only asylum-related matters.<br \/>\nNational Records Center \u2013 Accepts and Processes FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests.<br \/>\nService Centers &amp; National Benefit Center \u2013 Handles a large variety of petitions and applications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A person who wants to locate a USCIS office must first have a clear idea about the issue that he wants to be sorted out and then select any of the offices from the above mentioned list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After selecting the specific office, the next step is to enter information about the zip code to find an office that has jurisdiction over that place. Another option is to select the state from a miniature map of the US. Both these will direct the person to the page which contains the list of addresses. Also, a person can select an office by just clicking on the state in the drop down menu that can be found below the map.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, a person can zero in on the exact office through the mapping facility that is available. This can be done by clicking on the view \u2018All USCIS locations\u2019 on the bottom most line of the web page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clicking on a particular address will display a page with a lot of details regarding the offices like the working hours, contact details, directions for reaching the office, availability of parking facilities, accommodations for the disabled, issues that are addressed there and the areas that are under its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Official USCIS and Immigration Forms provided for download online. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ezinemark.com\/goto.php?url=http:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.com\/uscis-forms\/uscis-forms.jsp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USCIS<\/a> was formerly known as the INS. Complete list of all <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ezinemark.com\/goto.php?url=http:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.com\/uscis-forms\/uscis-forms.jsp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USCIS form<\/a> and Immigration Form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Know about USCIS United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is the governing body for the citizenship and immigration procedures. It is a component of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 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