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Our Work: Daily Activities of USCIS
![a picture of a USCIS call center employee](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509034859im_/http://www.uscis.gov/images/nativeimages/callcenter2.png) USCIS is the largest immigration service in the world. We receive between six and eight million applications and petitions every year. On a daily basis, the 15,000 federal and contract employees of USCIS accomplish the following at our 250 offices worldwide: -
Conduct 135,000 national security background checks -
Capture 11,000 sets of fingerprints at 130 Application Support Centers -
Receive 200,000 visitors to our web site -
Welcome 3,200 new citizens -
Answer phone inquiries from 41,000 callers to our toll-free customer service phone line -
Welcome 3,300 new permanent residents -
Process 30,000 applications for immigrant benefits -
Adjudicate nearly 200 refugee applications from around the world -
Answer questions from 12,000 customers at our 84 local offices -
Help American parents adopt nearly 125 foreign-born orphans -
Issue 7,000 Permanent Resident Cards (green cards) -
Grant asylum to 40 individuals already in the United States -
Naturalize 27 individuals serving in the United States military
Last updated:03/11/2008 |