If your priority date is on or before 1/1/2010, then you may apply for adjustment of status in February 2012.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to change its current process for filing and adjudication of certain applications for waivers of inadmissibility filed in connection with an immediate relative immigrant visa application.
Specifically, USCIS is considering regulatory changes that will allow certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens to request provisional waivers under section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (INA or Act), 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(v), prior to departing the United States for consular processing of their immigrant visa applications.
An alien would be able to obtain such a waiver only if a Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130, is filed by a U.S. citizen on his or her behalf and that petition has been approved, thereby classifying the alien as an “immediate relative” for purposes of the immigration laws, and he or she demonstrates that the denial of the waiver would result in extreme hardship to the alien’s U.S. citizen spouse or parent “qualifying relative.”
The qualifying relative for purposes of the waiver is not necessarily the immediate relative who filed the immigrant visa petition on the alien relative’s behalf.
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On January 1, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) changed the filing locations for Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative.
Domestic petitioners will now mail their stand-alone I-130 applications to either the Chicago Lockbox or the Phoenix Lockbox, depending on their residence in the United States.
This effort will balance workloads between the two locations and provide more efficient and effective processing of Form I-130.
There will be no change in filing locations when submitting Form I-130 along with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.
Individuals filing these forms together will continue to mail them to the Chicago Lockbox facility.
Petitioners filing from overseas addresses in countries without USCIS offices will also continue to file at the Chicago Lockbox facility.
Petitioners residing in a country with a USCIS office may send their I-130 forms to the Chicago Lockbox, or they may file their Forms I-130 at the international USCIS office having jurisdiction over the area where they live.
If you are filing a standalone Form I-130, and you live in:
Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, Wyoming
Mail your application to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox:
For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deliveries:
USCIS ATTN: I-130 PO Box 21700 Phoenix, AZ 85036For Express mail and courier deliveries:
USCIS Attn: I-130 1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85034 If you are filing a standalone Form I-130, and you live in:Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Mail your application to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox:
For U.S. Postal Service:
USCIS P.O. Box 804625 Chicago, IL 60680-4107For Express mail and courier deliveries:
USCIS Attn: I-130 131 South Dearborn-3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517If you live outside the United States, mail your application to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox:
For U.S. Postal Service:
USCIS P.O. Box 804625 Chicago, IL 60680-4107For Express mail and courier deliveries:
USCIS Attn: I-130 131 South Dearborn-3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517If you are filing Form I-130 with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and you live in the United States, Mail your application to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox
For U.S. Postal Service:
USCIS P.O. Box 805887 Chicago, IL 60680-4120For Express mail and courier deliveries:
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