Posted by: santoshgiri July 11, 2007
GREEN CARD FILING OPENS AGAIN
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued instructions for filing Forms I-140 and I-485 directly at the service center that will process the forms. The instructions also address filing locations for Form I-907 requests for premium processing of the immigrant petition and applications for ancillary benefits related to the applications for adjustment of status (Form I-131 Applications for Travel Documents and Form I-765 Applications for Employment Authorization), as well as Forms I-129F (Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)) and I-360 (Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant). The USCIS press release announcing the new filing locations, with links to direct filing charts for each form, is available at http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/UpdateDirectFiling062107.pdf. GRACE PERIOD THROUGH AUGUST 28 Effective July 30, 2007, these forms must be filed directly at the service center that will process the filings. USCIS will provide for a grace period through August 28 that allows cases to be filed in accordance with current procedures, but beginning August 29, 2007, cases that are not submitted to the correct filing location will be rejected and returned. FILING LOCATIONS FOR FORMS I-140, I-485 AND RELATED FORMS Forms I-140, I-485 and related forms I-907, I-765 and I-131 will be filed at either the Nebraska Service Center or the Texas Service Center. The filing locations are determined geographically based on the place of employment (for Forms I-140 and accompanying Forms I-907) or place of residence (for Forms I-485 and accompanying Forms I-765 and I-131).
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