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Where to File: |
The office to file this
form varies according to what is being requested. Please be sure you
know what you are requesting - reentry permit, refugee travel
document, advance parole or humanitarian parole - before submitting
this form.
Failure to
file the form with the correct office may cause delay in processing or
denial of the benefit. The instructions on the form have been
superseded by the following requirements:
Effective
December 1, 2004, if you are filing for advance parole, and are filing
Form I-485 for family-based adjustment of status (other adjustment of
status applications may be filed at the Chicago Lockbox, please refer
to the November 19, 2004, Direct Mail Federal Register Notice for a
complete listing of specific categories) AND live in any of the
following states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
Wyoming, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands of the United States),
you will need to send your Form I-131 to:
U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120
Or, for
non-United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries (e.g. private
couriers)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: FBASI
427 S. LaSalle – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605-1098
Effective
April 1, 2005, if you are filing for advance parole, and are filing
Form I-485 for family-based adjustment of status (other adjustment of
status applications may be filed at the Chicago Lockbox, please refer
to the November 19, 2004, Direct Mail Federal Register Notice for a
complete listing of specific categories) AND live in any of the
following states Alaska, California, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and
Washington,
you will need to send your Form I-131 to:
U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120
Or, for
non-United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries (e.g. private
couriers)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: FBASI
427 S. LaSalle – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605-1098
Advance Parole
(permission to
reenter the U.S.), and do not fall under any
of the I-485 categories listed in the November 19, 2004, Direct Mail
Federal Register Notice, send your application to
the
District or Sub-Office with jurisdiction over your place of
residence, or to the Service Center if your case is pending there.
If you are requesting a
Refugee Travel
Document or a Reentry Permit,
send your application to the
Nebraska Service Center. Do not send the form to
the address listed in the form's instructions.
If you are applying for
Humanitarian Parole(to enter the
U.S.), send your application to the Department of Homeland
Security, 425 I St., N.W., Washington, DC 20536, ATTN: Parole and
Humanitarian Assistance Branch
I f
you are applying for a travel document because you have a pending LIFE
Act legalization adjustment of status case, send your application to:
USCIS, PO Box 7219, Chicago, IL
60680-7219. |
