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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Last Updated: October 30, 2013 | Publication

Informe Anual 2013

Read the Spanish version of the 2013 Annual Report to Congress.

Last Updated: June 25, 2013 | Publication

Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Annual Reports

Annual Reports for the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman.

Last Updated: July 2, 2012 | Site Page

Become a Citizen

The USCIS Citizenship Resource Center helps you learn how to become a United States (U.S.) citizen by birth and through naturalization.

Last Updated: July 2, 2012 | Site Page

Find Citizenship Resources

At DHS, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) component is at work to help immigrants successfully integrate into American civic culture.

Last Updated: July 2, 2012 | Site Page

Move to the United States

Foreign citizens wishing to immigrate and live permanently in the U.S. must comply with U.S. visa immigration laws, and specific procedures to apply for visas.

Last Updated: July 2, 2012 | Site Page

Check Immigration Case Status

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security allows those who have applied or petitioned for an immigration benefit to check the status of their case online.

Last Updated: July 2, 2012 | Site Page

Adopt a Child Internationally

When children are adopted from outside the U.S., they go through an immigration process. USCIS determines the eligibility prospective adoptive parents.

Last Updated: June 19, 2012 | Site Page

Get a Green Card

A Green Card holder has been granted to live and work in the US permanently. Check eligibility, find green card forms, resources to settle in the US.

Last Updated: April 30, 2012 | Site Page

Verify Employment Eligibility (E-Verify)

E-Verify is a web-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the US.

Last Updated: February 28, 2012 | Publication

Comprehensive Recommendation Review

Since its creation by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Ombudsman (Ombudsman’s Office) has issued over fifty-one recommendations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Each recommendation identifies systemic issues impacting the delivery of immigration services and benefits, highlights stakeholder concerns about a particular issue, suggests possible solutions to resolve the problem, and always provides an independent, impartial perspective. This comprehensive review offers an update on the status of implementation by USCIS for each recommendation as of February 2012, and further enables the Ombudsman’s Office to continue working with USCIS to effectuate positive change that will make our immigration system better for everyone.