Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted status was entered in good faith and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date;
Alert: Before sending your package to USCIS, make sure that all the forms you have completed are the current acceptable edition. The current acceptable edition can be found under the Edition Date section listed on each form’s webpage.
You can also find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions. For each form that you are submitting, make sure that all pages are from the same form edition. If any of the form’s pages are from a different form edition, we may reject your form. Watch USCIS Forms: Download the most recent version! to see how to ensure your form is acceptable.
For additional guidance on filing paper-based forms at the Lockbox and how to avoid or correct common errors before you file, please visit the Five Steps to File at the USCIS Lockbox webpage.
USCIS Dallas LockboxU.S. Postal Service (USPS):USCIS Attn: AOS P.O. Box 650288 Dallas, TX 75265-0288
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Attn: AOS (Box 650288) 2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business Suite 400 Lewisville, TX 75067-8003
Delaware Georgia Indiana Iowa Kansas Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania South Dakota Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
USCIS Elgin LockboxU.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS Attn: AOS P.O. Box 4109 Carol Stream, IL 60197-4109
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Attn: AOS (Box 4109) 2500 Westfield Drive Elgin, IL 60124-7836
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Colorado Hawaii Idaho Kentucky Louisiana Montana Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon Tennessee Utah Washington Wyoming
USCIS Phoenix LockboxU.S. Postal Service (USPS):USCIS Attn: AOS P.O. Box 20500 Phoenix, AZ 85036-0500
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Attn: AOS (Box 20500) 2108 E. Elliot Rd. Tempe, AZ 85284-1806
California Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Guam Illinois Maine Massachusetts Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont
USCIS Chicago LockboxU.S. Postal Service (USPS):USCIS Attn: AOS P.O. Box 805887 Chicago, IL 60680
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Attn: AOS (Box 805887) 131 S. Dearborn St., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517
Do not submit a request if you have just recently been approved, allow approximately 90 days to receive your new card. You can check the status of your case using the My Case Status Tool. If Case Status Online indicates that the card was mailed, you should be provided with a United States Postal Service tracking number.
Do not submit a request if you have just recently been approved, allow approximately 90 days to receive your new card. You can check the status of your case using the My Case Status Tool. If Case Status Online indicates that the card was mailed, you should be provided with a United States Postal Service tracking number.
Ensure that the form edition date and page numbers are visible at the bottom of the printed pages and that you complete all pages with the same edition of the form. If any of the form’s pages are missing or are completed with a different edition of the form, we may reject your application.
If you hand write your answers, use black ink. Make sure that everything you write on the form is clear, so we can easily read the information on the scanned image we produce when we process your form.
Do not use highlighters, correction fluid, or correction tape. We use both black-and-white and grayscale scanners that will not properly read information that is greyed out, highlighted, or corrected using correction fluid or tape. If you make an error, start over with a clean form.
Complete the entire form, unless the form directs you to skip 1 or more items. If you do not complete all parts of the form, we may reject your submission for missing information.
Supporting documentation:
Submit the documents or evidence listed in the form instructions.
Supporting documents must be in English or accompanied by a complete English translation that the translator has certified as complete and accurate. The English translation must be accompanied by the translator’s certification that they are competent to translate the foreign language into English.
Submit legible copies of official documents. We may scan them in black and white or in grayscale. Legible copies are copies that:
Are not blurry or faded;
Do not have streaks or toner lines;
Are not upside down, lopsided, skewed, or distorted;
Do not have text or images that are obscured, partially cut off, or missing due to folded pages or improper copying
Please do not submit evidence using digital media, photo albums, scrapbooks, or binders. We cannot process them and will return them to you.
When providing photos or other attachments, please provide your name at the top of the page or on the back of any photos. If you send original photos with your form, they may become part of the record or be destroyed.
You may number support pages and include the total number of pages being attached (for example, “page 1 of 11”).
Do not use binders or folders that we cannot easily disassemble.
Do not use heavy-duty staples.
We encourage you to save a copy of your payment, along with any tracking number provided by the courier, for your records and so you can verify the status of its delivery.