New Citizenship Cases After 12.18.08

BILLING CODE: 9111-97

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[CIS No. 2457-08; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2008-0036]

RIN 1615-ZA74

Revision to Direct Mail Program for Submitting Form N-400,

Application for Naturalization, Implementation of Program

AGENCY:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising its Direct Mail

Program so that certain filings of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, will now be filed

at a designated lockbox facility instead of a USCIS Service Center. Furthermore, if you are the

spouse of a current member of the Armed Forces, this notice instructs you to now file your Form

N-400 at the Nebraska Service Center (NSC), whether you are filing from within the U.S. or

abroad. This notice does not change the filing location for Forms N-400 filed by members or

certain veterans of the Armed Forces who are eligible to apply for naturalization under sections

328 or 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act). All naturalization applicants filing

under the military provisions, sections 328 or 329 of the Act, should file their application at the

NSC regardless of geographic location.