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Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

If you are filing because:

Then file your Form I-485 at:

You are applying for adjustment of status under one of the following eligibility categories:

Spouse, parent, unmarried son/daughter under age 21 of a U.S. citizen with an approved Form I-130, or filed with Form I-130;

Beneficiary of an approved Form I-130 filed by a qualifying relative;

Spouse or child of an immigrant who has applied for adjustment of status or has been granted Lawful Permanent Residence through a Family Sponsored Visa category that allows derivative status for spouses and children;

K-1 Fiancé(e) (and K-2 dependents) whose Form I-485 is based on an approved Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e);

Beneficiaries of an accepted, approved or concurrently filed Form I-360, Petitioner for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, classified as an “Amerasian,” Widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen who died within the past two (2) years,”  “Special Immigrant Juvenile”, or “Special Immigrant Armed Forces Member.”

Applicants eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of November 2, 1965;

Registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on continuous residence in the U.S. since before January 1, 1972;

Diversity lottery winner eligible to file Form I-485;

Public Interest Parolees from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries filing Form I-485 under Public Law 101-167 (the “Lautenberg Amendment”);

Registry applicant filing Form I-485 based on birth in the U.S. to a foreign diplomat officer;

Former diplomat filing Form I-485 under Section 13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;

Applicants who are beneficiaries of Private Bills.

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deliveries:

USCIS
PO Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

Where applicable, you must include a copy of the Form I-797C Notice of Approval, showing that your Form I-130 or Form I-360 was accepted or approved.

You are filing because you are:

1. The beneficiary of an approved Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, based on the eligibility category “Battered Spouse/Children,” and you are filing for adjustment of status.

A T or U-based nonimmigrant. You must include a copy of your Form I-797C Notice of Action, for approval of your T or U nonimmigrant status, and a copy of your Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record, and a copy of all pages of your passport with a T or U nonimmigrant visa.

USCIS Vermont Service Center

USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: CRU
75 Lower Welden Street
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

You are filing based on:

1. A pending or approved I-360 for an International Organization Employee or Family Member

You must include a copy of the Form I-797, showing that your Form I-360 was accepted or approved.

2. An approved I-360 for a:

  • Special Immigrant Religious Worker
  • Panama Canal Company Employment
  • U.S. Government in Canal Zone Employment;
  • Special Immigrant Physician;
  • International Broadcasters

You must include a copy of the Form I-797C, Notice of Approval, showing that your Form I-360 was approved.

3. Asylum Status

4. Refugee Status

5. HRIFA Dependent

6. A pending or approved I-140

You must include a copy of the Form I-797, showing that your Form I-140 was accepted or approved.

7. An approved Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur. (Note: You cannot file Forms I-526 and I-485 concurrently.  You must include a copy of the Form I-797C Notice of Approval, showing that your Form I-526 was approved.)

USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live:

If you live in :

File your application at the:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,  Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deliveries: 

USCIS
PO Box 21281
Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: AOS
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, or West Virginia

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Deliveries:

USCIS
PO Box 660867
Dallas, TX 75266     

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: AOS
2501 S. State Hwy, 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

You are filing with Form I-140.

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Deliveries:

USCIS
PO Box 660867
Dallas, TX 75266    

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: AOS
2501 S. State Hwy, 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

You are filing with Form I-140 and requesting Preminum Processing for Form I-140

Send Form I-485, Form I-140, and Form I-907 together to the address listed in the Form I-907 filing instructions.

Do NOT file an application for Premium Processing at a USCIS Lockbox facility

You are filing as an Afghan or Iraqi Translator. 

If you are filing Form I-485 based on an approved Form I-360 for Afghan or Iraqi Translators, you must include a copy of the Form I-797C, Notice of Action, showing that your Form I-360 was approved.

Note: You may not concurrently file Forms I-360 and Form I-485 for this classification.)

USCIS
Nebraska Service Center
PO Box 87485
Lincoln, NE 68501-7485

E-Notification:  If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that your Form I-485 has been accepted at a USCIS Lockbox facility, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance and clip it to the first page of your application.





Last updated:06/28/2011