USCIS CHANGES PROCEDURES FOR SEVERAL FORMS

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will transition the intake function of several of its forms from the Service Centers to a Lockbox network. USCIS has decided to centralize its form and fee intake which it hopes will improve efficiency in the initial process.

The current forms scheduled for this transition include:
I-817, Application for Family Unity Benefit
I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur
I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
I-129F, Petition for Alien Relative Fiance
I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

The transition period started in the middle of last month with the Service Centers forwarding applications to the USCIS Dallas and Phoenix Lockbox for processing. Later on this month, USCIS will post the revised filing instructions, update the web page for each form, and announce the address change.

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