Applicants from Tinian, Rota and Saipan seeking U.S. lawful permanent residence or “green cards” will be now be scheduled for interviews at the new facility.
“We are very pleased that legal counsel gave us the go-ahead to provide this essential service to our CNMI customers,” said USCIS District Director David Gulick, who is based in Honolulu. “It makes sense for us to do as much as we can to serve the community through this local office. Now customers will save the time, effort and expense of traveling to Guam for their interviews.”
In addition to the traditional ASC biometric services such as fingerprinting, the Saipan office already offers expanded services including general immigration information and naturalization interviews.
Now “green card” interviews will be added to those services.
Customers interested in speaking to an immigration services officer should make an “InfoPass” appointment online at www.uscis.gov.
Customers with appointments will receive priority.
People can call the toll-free USCIS customer service line at (800) 375-5283.
In addition, the most current information about federal immigration in relation to the CNMI can be accessed via the USCIS Press Room at www.uscis.gov.
USCIS is the agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that provides immigration benefits.
Currently U.S. immigration law only applies to immediate relatives of U.S. Citizens as defined within the Immigration and Nationality Act.
U.S. immigration law in general will be applied to the CNMI, with the transition period currently scheduled to begin on June 1, 2009.
