USCIS UPDATE: Change In Filing Locations for Forms
I-600,I-600a, I-800 and I-800a
Recently, USCIS officially announced a change that applies to families adopting from Non-Hague and Hague countries:
Please carefully review the linked information. In short:
I-600 and I-600a (Non-Hague):
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new address for prospective adoptive parents to submit Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, and Form I-600a, Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition.
Effective immediately, applicants in the United States, who are filing to adopt an orphan, must submit Forms I-600, I-600a, and all supporting documents and fees to the following address:
Regular Mail:
USCIS
P.O. Box 299027
Lewisville, TX 75029
OR
Express Mail and Courier Service deliveries:
USCIS
ATTN: Adoption
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business, Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067
I-800 and I-800a (Hague):
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced that the filing location of forms relating to the adoption of a foreign child under the Hague Adoption Convention has changed.
Effective immediately, U.S. citizens seeking to adopt a foreign child under the Hague Adoption Convention must submit Forms I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, and I-800a, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country, and all related supplements, forms, and fees to the USCIS lockbox facility located in Lewisville, Texas for initial processing, using the following address:
Regular Mail:
USCIS
P.O. Box 299008
Lewisville, TX 75029
OR
Express Mail and Courier Service deliveries:
USCIS
ATTN: Hague
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business, Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067