[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-365]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1894-97]
Expansion of the Direct Mail Program for the Anchorage, Detroit,
and Seattle District Offices and the Spokane and Yakima 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 Anchorage, Detroit,
and Seattle District Offices and the Spokane and Yakima 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 January 12, 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:
Background
Under the INS Direct Mail Program, certain applicants and
petitioners for immigration benefits mail directly the Form N-400 to an
INS service center for processing instead of submitting them to a local
office. The purposes and strategy of the Direct Mail Program has 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 Anchorage, Detroit, and Seattle
District Offices and the Spokane and Yakima Suboffices as Direct Mail
sites.
Where to File
Effective January 12, 1998, applicants residing within the
jurisdiction of the Anchorage, Detroit, and Seattle District Offices
and the Spokane and Yakima Suboffices must mail the Form N-400,
Application for Naturalization, directly to the following addresses:
USINS Nebraska Service Center, Attention: N-400 Unit, P.O. Box 87400,
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-7400.
Transition
During the first 60 days following the effective date of this
notice, the Anchorage, Detroit and Seattle District Offices and the
Spokane and Yakima Suboffices will forward in a timely fashion to the
Nebraska 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 Nebraska Service Center for processing.
Dated: December 31, 1997.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 98-365 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
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