USCIS homegrown field workplaces and refuge workplaces are unguarded with extra safety measures to forestall the spread of the Covid illness (Coronavirus).
On Walk 4, 2024, the direction about cover wearing and physical separating recorded beneath was refreshed.
Where people group levels laid out by the Communities for Infectious prevention and Counteraction (CDC) are low or medium, you don’t have to wear a cover or practice physical removing in a USCIS office. In any case, you might wear a veil if you believe should do as such.
Where people group levels are high, all government workers and project workers — as well as guests two years of age or more seasoned — should wear a veil inside USCIS workplaces and truly distance paying little heed to immunization status.
USCIS government representatives, project workers, and guests should follow the most severe relief and covering direction of the area they are in (DHS, state, or neighborhood authority), and should keep on following nearby USCIS direction on working environment assurance direction predictable with CDC and office direction.
You may not enter a USCIS office on the off chance that you have:
- Coronavirus or any side effects of Coronavirus (as indicated by the CDC), including as of late evolved hack, fever, trouble breathing, new loss of smell or taste, exhaustion, muscle throbs, cerebral pain, blockage, sore throat, or spewing (this rundown does exclude all side effects);
- Been in close contact (inside six feet for a sum of 15 minutes or more) with anybody known to have Coronavirus in the beyond 10 days (except if you are “state-of-the-art” on your Coronavirus immunization or you are a medical care laborer and reliably wear a N95 respirator and legitimate individual defensive hardware or comparable when in touch with Coronavirus positive people);
- Gotten back from global or voyage transport travel in the beyond five days (except if you are “forward-thinking” on your Coronavirus immunization); or
- Been told by a medical services supplier, general wellbeing authority, or government substance to hole up or self-quarantine in the beyond 10 days (except if you have been cleared to end separation or quarantine).
- “Exceptional” on your Coronavirus immunization implies an individual has gotten all suggested dosages in their essential series and one sponsor when qualified.
Assuming you really want to reschedule your arrangement, call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833). To reschedule your meeting with a refuge office, if it’s not too much trouble, adhere to the guidelines in your meeting notice. Arrangement notification will incorporate more guidelines for visiting USCIS offices. For more data, see our USCIS Guest Strategy page.
At the point when you go to your arrangement, adhere to these rules:
- Try not to enter the office over 15 minutes before your arrangement (30 minutes for naturalization services);
- Utilize the hand sanitizer that we will give at our office’s entrance focuses;
- On the off chance that the workplace you are visiting requires veils and you don’t have an OK one, we might offer you a substitution cover;
- Give close consideration to signs and actual boundaries in the office about physical removing and different rules;
- Be ready to address wellbeing screening questions when you enter the office; and
- Kindly bring your own dark or blue ink pens.
Walk-ins are not accepted at USCIS field offices. To visit a business, you must schedule a time in advance.
In the United States and its territories, field offices offer:
Interviews for all cases that aren’t related to asylum (such applying for a Green Card); Naturalization ceremonies; and Appointments for informational sessions and application services that go beyond what we offer over the phone and on our website (for example, case-specific scenarios that require in-person help).
Closure of Offices
Offices may close due to bad weather or unforeseen circumstances. Before coming, we advise all visitors to check the Office Closings page to confirm that we are open.
Payment Details
Pay.gov is a payment method accepted by USCIS at its field offices for the following forms:
Forms I-694, Notion of Appeal of Decision Under Sections 245A or 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, Form I-212, Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the U.S. After Deportation or Removal, Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion to the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), and Form I-765
Candidates might make these installments face to face at a field office and should plan an arrangement through the USCIS Contact Center prior to visiting a USCIS field office to deal with installments for the structures referenced previously. USCIS will just acknowledge installments from a ledger (ACH), check card or Visa with spinning credit line (and not, for instance, prepaid gift vouchers with bank logos).
As of June 2021, USCIS acknowledges installments for charges to record an allure of a DHS official choice with the Leading group of Migration Requests (BIA) or for Chief Office for Movement Survey (EOIR) migration court movements through Pay.gov at self-administration booths situated in USCIS field workplaces. Lawyers or certify agents may now pay for BIA and EOIR expenses at these stands without an arrangement. Lawyers and licensed delegates who need to utilize the stand to make an installment to the EOIR or BIA might email payatkiosk@uscis.dhs.gov. They will get an email reaction approving them to get to the stand region, explicitly, however not different region of the office.
Lawyers and licensed delegates might stroll in and utilize oneself help booths during a field office’s open hours. Candidates might go with lawyers or certify delegates while making an installment. Nonetheless, candidates may not handle BIA or EOIR installments utilizing oneself assistance stands without a lawyer or certify delegate present. These booths will just acknowledge charge cards and Visas with rotating credit lines (and not, for instance, prepaid gift vouchers with bank logos). The booths don’t acknowledge ledger (ACH) installments. Lawyers and delegates can’t utilize these booths to pay non-DHS BIA charges.
Lawyers and certify delegates ought to carry the accompanying data with them to make installments for BIA and EOIR charges utilizing oneself assistance booths:
- Candidate A-Number;
- Candidate address;
- Candidate email address; and
- Booth authorization letter.
- To finish installment, lawyers and certify delegates ought to follow the prompts displayed on the stand screens.