[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8688-8689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4344]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1895-97]
Direct Mail Program for the New Orleans District Office and the
Louisville and Memphis Suboffices; Form N-400
AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS or Service) is expanding its Direct Mail Program to
include the New Orleans District Office and the Louisville and Memphis
Suboffices on
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the 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 February 20, 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 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 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 New Orleans District Office, and
the Louisville and Memphis Suboffices, as Direct Mail sites.
Where To File
Effective February 20, 1998, applicants for naturalization residing
within the jurisdiction of the New Orleans District Office and the
Louisville and Memphis Suboffices must mail the Form N-400, Application
for Naturalization, directly to the Texas Service Center at the
following address; USINS Texas Service Center, Attention: N-400 Unit,
P.O. Box 851204, Mesquite, Texas 75185-1204.
Transition
During the first 60 days following the effective date of this
notice, the New Orleans District Office and the Louisville and Memphis
Suboffices will forward in a timely fashion to the Texas 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 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 Texas Service Center for processing.
Dated: February 18, 1998.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 98-4344 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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