[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7368]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1886-97]
Expansion of the Direct Mail Program for the Honolulu, Phoenix
and San Diego District Offices and the Agana, Calexico, Las Vegas, Reno
and Tucson Suboffices; Form N-400
AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS or Service) is
expanding its Direct Mail Program to include the Honolulu, Phoenix, and
San Diego District Offices and the Agana, Calexico, Las Vegas, Reno,
and Tucson Suboffices on the current list of direct mail sites for
filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. Applicants residing
within these districts and suboffices will mail their Form N-400
directly to the designated INS service center for processing. This
expansion is intended to improve INS service to the public by reducing
processing times for Form N-400, limiting in-person visits to local
offices, and improving the quality of case status information provided
to the public.
DATES: This notice is effective March 23, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Arroyo, Adjudications Officer,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office of Naturalization
Operations, 801 I Street, NW., Room 935E, Washington, DC 20536,
telephone, (202) 514-8247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Direct Mail Program, certain
applicants and petitioners for immigration benefits mail their
applications and petitions directly to an INS service center for
processing instead of submitting them to a local INS office. The
purposes and strategy of the Direct Mail Program have been discussed in
detail in previous rulemaking and notices (see, e.g., 59 FR 33903 and
59 FR 33985).
The Service is continuing expansion of the Direct Mail Program, as
applied to Form N-400, by adding the Honolulu, Phoenix, and San Diego
District Offices and the Agana, Calexico, Las Vegas, Reno, and Tucson
Suboffices as Direct Mail sites.
Where To File
Effective March 23, 1998 applicants for naturalization residing
within the jurisdiction of the Honolulu, Phoenix, and San Diego
District Offices and the Agana, Calexico, Las Vegas, Reno, and Tucson
Suboffices must mail the Form N-400, Application for Naturalization,
directly to the California Service Center at the following address:
USINS California Service Center, Attention: N-400 Unit, P.O. Box 10400,
Laguna Niguel, California 92607-0400.
Transition
During the first 60 days following the effective date of this
notice, the Honolulu, Phoenix, and San Diego District Offices and the
Agana, Calexico, Las Vegas, Reno, and Tucson Suboffices will forward in
a timely fashion to the California Service Center any Form N-400,
Application for Naturalization, which has been inadvertently filed with
the respective District or Suboffice. Applicants will be provided a
notice at the time of filing at the District or Suboffice advising them
that their application is being forwarded to the service center for
initial processing. The applicant will receive written notification
from their respective District or Suboffice of the date, place, and
time of their interview for naturalization. When applications are
forwarded from the District or Suboffices, they will be receipted and
filed when they arrive at the service center. After the 60-day
transition period, applicants attempting to file Form N-400,
Application for Naturalization, at the offices listed above will be
directed to mail their application directly to the California Service
Center for processing.
Dated: March 16, 1998.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 98-7368 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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