This document provides information about locating a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office. It explains that USCIS is the governing body for citizenship and immigration procedures, operating under the Department of Homeland Security. The document then outlines the various types of USCIS offices and provides instructions for using the USCIS website to locate a specific office by zip code, state, or address. Details that can be found about each office are also listed.

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How to Locate a USCIS Office
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).
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 Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) are now managed by USCIS.
Goals
• To strengthen the security and sustain the integrity of the immigration process.
• To deliver effective customer service by providing immigration benefit and information
services.
• To extend support to the participation of immigrants in American civic culture.
• To promote flexible and effective immigration policies.
• To strengthen the infrastructure that supports the governing body’s mission.
• To operate as a high-performance organization and promote a highly talented workforce.
• To promote a dynamic work culture.
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.
How to Locate a USCIS Office?
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 ‘Find a USCIS office’ tab which will direct the person to a page
containing all the offices.

2. The USCIS offices list includes the following
• Field Offices (within the United States) – Handles scheduled interviews on non-asylum
related applications.
• International Offices – Caters to the needs of US citizens and permanent residents who
are residing outside the US regarding immigration issues.
• Application Support Centers – Provides biometric (fingerprinting) and related services.
• Asylum Offices – Handles scheduled interviews for only asylum-related matters.
• National Records Center – Accepts and Processes FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)
requests.
• Service Centers & National Benefit Center – Handles a large variety of petitions and
applications.
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.
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.
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 ‘All USCIS locations’ on the bottom most
line of the web page.
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>Official USCIS and Immigration Forms provided for download online. The <a
href="http://www.immigrationdirect.com/uscis-forms/uscis-forms.jsp">USCIS</a> was

3. formerly known as the INS. Complete list of all <a
href="http://www.immigrationdirect.com/uscis-forms/uscis-forms.jsp">USCIS form</a> and
Immigration Form.</p>