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United States Citizenship & Immigration Services
Date of Release: 10/22/2008
United States Citizenship & Immigration Services
5524 West Cypress Street
Tampa Sub Office
Tampa, FL 33607-1708
Main Phone: (800) 375-5283
TTY: (800) 767-1833
Eligible: Open to Anyone
Area Served: Hillsborough County
Internet Site: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
Program Description: The USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities. These functions include: >adjudication of immigrant visa petitions; >adjudication of naturalization petitions; >adjudication of asylum and refugee applications; >adjudications performed at the service centers, and >all other adjudications performed by the INS. Through a network of local offices, Application Support Centers, Service Centers, local area immigration services field offices, National Customer Service Call (NCSC) Centers, Forms Centers, and the Internet, USCIS processes all immigrant and non-immigrant benefits provided to visitors of the United States, including: >Family-based petitions -- facilitating the process for close relatives to immigrate, gain permanent residency, work, etc.; >Employment-based petitions -- facilitating the process for current and prospective employees to immigrate or stay in the U.S. temporarily; >Asylum and Refugee processing -- adjudicating asylum and the processing of refugees; >Naturalization – approving citizenship of eligible persons who wish to become U.S. citizens; >Special status programs – adjudicating eligibility for U.S. immigration status as a form of humanitarian aid to foreign nationals; and, >Document issuance and renewal – including verification of eligibility, production and issuance of immigration documents.
