Mailing Instructions for Family Based Adjustment of Status Applications 

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The Direct Mail Notice for filing certain applications directly to the Chicago Lockbox was published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2004. This Notice provides the Direct Mail address for certain applications pertaining to family based adjustment of status cases, such as, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Form I-485; Application for Employment Authorization, Form I- 65; and Application for Travel Document, Form I-131, to be filed at a designated Chicago Lockbox facility for initial electronic processing. There are, however, other adjustment of status applications that may be filed at the Chicago Lockbox. Please refer to the Federal Register Notice for a complete listing of specific applications.

Phase One began on December 1, 2004 and affects certain aliens who live in the states of 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. Phase Two will begin on April 1, 2005 and will affect certain aliens residing in: Alaska, California, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.

Effective December 1, 2004, those aliens described in Phase One , and effective April 1, 2005, those aliens described in Phase Two, must send their Form I-485, and/or Form I-765, and/or Form I-131, and all supporting documentation for each application, directly to one of the following addresses:

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