Immigration Immigrating to the United States
Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services
BCIS National Customer Service Center (NCSC)
The Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS) was formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The BCIS is committed to promote and protect national security, eliminate immigration backlogs, and develop ways to improve immigration customer services, including family-based petitions for permanent residency and work, petitions for temporary employment, asylum and refugee processing, petitions for citizenship, and issuing or renewing eligibility documents.
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1.800.375.5283 |
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Application Support Centers
Dallas Application Support Center
Village at Bachman Lake, Suite 211
3701 W. Northwest Hwy
Dallas, TX 75220
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South Dallas Application Support Center
7334 South Westmoreland Road
Dallas, TX 75237
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SERVICES: Processing of applications, including renewal of green cards (Form 1.90). Applications for naturalization, permanent residency, and status adjustments require an FBI fingerprint background check. These support services require an appointment.
HOURS: Open - Tuesday - Saturday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Closed - Sunday, Monday, and Federal holidays. |
Asylum Offices
Texas Asylum Office – Houston, TX |
Texas Service Center
P.O. Box 851892
Mesquite, TX 75185.1892
(request application I.589)
SERVICES: Reviews and approves requests for asylum in a way that is fair, timely, and consistent with the law and international humanitarian principles. Applications must be mailed to the Texas Service Center in Mesquite, TX. After your application is received and processed, you will be notified where to go for your asylum interview.
HOURS:By appointment only.
FORMS: 1.800.870.3676
Immigration forms, information, and directions for completing forms are available online at the BCIS web site, under Forms and Fees. Some forms may even be filed electronically. Directions and information on applications that require fingerprinting can be also be found on the BCIS web site, under Fingerprinting. |
1.800.870.3676 |
Service Centers
Texas Service Center – Dallas, TX
SERVICES: Processing of applications. These centers do not handle walk-in cases and can only process applications that are mailed. Each application must be mailed to a different post office box. You may also call 1.800.870.3676 to have application forms mailed to you. |
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