U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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federal agency government agency immigration authority

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 2
Citizenship and Immigration Services 1
Immigration and Naturalization Service 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal agency ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
immigration authority ⓘ
abbreviation U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USCIS
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFormed March 1, 2003 ⓘ
employs adjudications officers ⓘ
asylum officers ⓘ
immigration officers ⓘ
foundedBy Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
hasPredecessor Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalAuthority Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ
operates U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USCIS application support centers

USCIS asylum offices ⓘ
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USCIS field offices

USCIS service centers ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
replaced Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ
responsibleFor adjudicating immigration benefits ⓘ
administering lawful immigration to the United States ⓘ
administering the naturalization test ⓘ
conducting naturalization interviews ⓘ
granting or denying immigration benefits ⓘ
issuing Certificates of Naturalization ⓘ
issuing Permanent Resident Cards ⓘ
issuing certain travel documents ⓘ
maintaining immigration records ⓘ
processing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals requests ⓘ
processing Special Immigrant Juvenile petitions ⓘ
processing T nonimmigrant status applications ⓘ
processing Temporary Protected Status applications ⓘ
processing U nonimmigrant status petitions ⓘ
processing VAWA self-petitions ⓘ
processing adoption-related immigration petitions ⓘ
processing asylum applications ⓘ
processing certain visa petitions ⓘ
processing citizenship applications ⓘ
processing employment authorization documents ⓘ
processing employment-based immigration petitions ⓘ
processing family-based immigration petitions ⓘ
processing fiancé(e) visa petitions ⓘ
processing humanitarian parole requests ⓘ
processing naturalization applications ⓘ
processing permanent resident (green card) applications ⓘ
processing refugee applications ⓘ
providing immigration information and customer service ⓘ
verifying employment eligibility through E-Verify ⓘ
website https://www.uscis.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services → abbreviation → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: USCIS
Immigration and Nationality Act → administeredBy → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
INA → administeredBy → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
subject surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act
E-Verify → administersProgram → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Verification Division
ICE → collaboratesWith → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement → cooperatesWith → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
Title 8 of the United States Code → enforcedBy → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
Homeland Security Act of 2002 → establishedComponent → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
United States Department of Homeland Security → hasComponentAgency → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
Suitland Federal Center → housesAgency → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facilities
E-Verify → operatedBy → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services → operates → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: USCIS field offices
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services → operates → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: USCIS application support centers
Immigration and Naturalization Service → replacedBy → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
Homeland Security Act of 2002 → transferredAgency → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: Immigration and Naturalization Service
HSA → transferredAgencyTo → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
subject surface form: Homeland Security Act of 2002
this entity surface form: Citizenship and Immigration Services
Public Law 107-296 → transferredAgencyTo → U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services