USCIS announced this week that, effective August 15, 2011, all
petitioners who live in countries without USCIS offices will be able to
file Form I-130, the Petition for an Alien Relative, with the USCIS
lockbox in Chicago. This new workflow process will improve efficiency
for the processing of this petition request and will give USCIS more
flexibility to manage its workload. Previous to this new process
centralization, such petitioners were able to file Form I-130 with USCIS
or the Department of State at their regional US Embassy or Consulate.
Petitioners who live in countries without a USCIS office may file Form I-130 at the following address:
U.S. Postal Service:
USCIS
P.O. Box 804625
Attn. CSC/I-130/OS
Chicago, IL 60680-4107
Express mail and courier deliveries:
USCIS
Attn. CSC/I-130/OS
131 South Dearborn – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
If a petitioner lives in a country with a USCIS office, that person can
either send their Form I-130 to the Chicago Lockbox or file their Form
I-130 at the international USCIS office with jurisdiction over the area
where they live.
Petitioners should continue to file Forms I-130 at their location U.S.
Embassy/Consulate through August 14. On August 15, the above addresses
should be used.
