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 As of March 30, 2023, there are new lockbox addresses for the following forms: I-130, Petition for Alien Relative ;  I-131, Application for Travel Document ; I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant ; I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status ; and I-765, Application for Employment Authorization . The Phoenix Lockbox address has been updated too for FedEx, UPS, and DHL only (U.S. Postal Service remains the same).    See USCIS'  Lockbox Filing Locations Updates page for more information. This may affect you if you are filing any of the following: Family-based visa petition Marriage visa Advance Parole Employment Authorization (EAD) SIJS VAWA Petition Adjustment of Status (AOS) / Green Card Application

  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent out an email blast today letting everyone know that starting today they will be issuing newly designed Green Cards and Employment Authorization Cards with "state-of-the-art technology to safeguard national security and improve service for...customers." USCIS issued a press release January 30, 2023, regarding the newly designed cards. The new designs for these cards are meant to increase security and reduce fraud, presumably making them more difficult to counterfeit. Images of the new designs were posted by USCIS on their Instagram and Twitter pages. The new design for these cards include several new security features. These features are described to be state-of-the-art technologies to prevent fraud and counterfeiting. The new design features include: Improved detailed artwork; New tactile printing that is better integrated with the artwork; Enhanced optically variable ink; Highly secure holographic images on the fr...

  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that certain asylum applicants can now file  Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization , online. This is an important step in USCIS’ efforts to employ technical solutions to streamline and improve processing efficiency and reduce wait times. Effective immediately, applicants for employment authorization under category (c)(8), Pending Asylum and Withholding of Removal Applicants and Applicants for Pending Asylum under the ABC Settlement Agreement, may file Form I-765 online .