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Immigrant Visas
 

Effective August 15, 2011, petitioners residing overseas will no longer able to routinely file Forms I-130, Petitions for Alien Relative, with U.S. Embassies and Consulates except in locations where U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a public counter present within the Embassy or Consulate. Petitioners residing overseas in countries where USCIS does not have a public counter present such as Brunei will be required to file their Forms I-130 by mail with the USCIS Chicago lockbox. U.S. Embassies and Consulates that do not have a USCIS presence will only be able to accept and process Forms I-130 in exceptional circumstances as authorized for the petitioners by USCIS.

For more information, please review Filing Immigrant Petitions Outside the United States on State Department's website.