California Service Center Relocates and Operational Changes
On Aug. 12, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services California Service Center (CSC) moved to a new facility as part of our efforts to centralize processing of immigration benefits. The CSC will continue to provide prompt and efficient service in processing requests for immigration benefits. The new address for the CSC is:
California Service Center
2642 Michelle Drive
Tustin, CA 92780
The CSC has three new PO boxes to intake U.S. Postal Service mail while UPS, FedEx, DHL, and all other commercial carrier mail will go to CSC’s new facility address. Individuals should refer to form filing address and contact pages on uscis.gov in the coming days to find the specific address information depending on the form or correspondence type being submitted.
The previous mailing address for the CSC was WS 13057 PO Box 10751 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075. We will continue to accept mail at this address until Sept. 30, 2024. After Sept. 30, there will be a two-week grace period, during which time any mail received at the Laguna Niguel PO box will be forwarded to the Tustin PO box. Beginning Oct. 15, 2024, all mail received at the Laguna Niguel PO box will be returned as “Return to Sender.” Individuals responding to USCIS correspondence issued on or before Aug. 12, 2024, such as a Request for Evidence, Notice of Intent to Deny, or Notice of Intent to Revoke, should mail their responses to:
USCIS CSC
PO Box 30113/ALL OTHER
Tustin, CA 92781
As a reminder, service centers do not provide in-person services, conduct interviews, or receive walk-in applications, petitions, or questions. They work only on certain applications or petitions that applicants have mailed, filed online, or filed with a USCIS Lockbox.
Other Operational Updates
On Sept. 1, 2024, we changed the filing location for Form I-865, Sponsor’s Notice of Change of Address, to the Texas Service Center address below:
USCIS TSC
Attn: I-865
6046 N. Belt Line Road, Suite 865
Irving, TX 75038-0021.
There is a 60-day grace period for filings mailed to the California, Nebraska, or Vermont Service Center. These centers will reject any filing that is postmarked after Nov. 1, 2024. The reason for this change to support the service centers’ ongoing efforts to increase efficiency and centralize the intake and digitization of forms.
The CSC also has a new filing address for paper inquiries related to Form I-751 waivers based on battery or extreme cruelty. These inquiries should now be mailed to the addresses below:
U.S. Postal Service:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
California Service Center
PO Box 30113 / ALL OTHER
Tustin, CA 92781
FedEx, UPS, and DHL Deliveries:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
California Service Center
2642 Michelle Drive
Tustin, CA 92780
Much of the mailing intake previously managed by the CSC will now be received by the Texas Service Center as indicated on uscis.gov. Individuals should continue to follow the filing instructions provided on uscis.gov and mailing instructions provided on any correspondence issued by USCIS.
For more information:
Contact the Hemans Law Group, P.A.
Renew US Passport Online!
You can renew online if you meet all these requirements:
The passport you are renewing is or was valid for 10 years, and you are age 25 or older.
We issued the passport you are renewing between 2009 and 2015, or over 9 years but less than 15 years from the date you plan to submit your application.
You are not changing your name, gender, date of birth, or place of birth.
You are not traveling for at least 8 weeks from the date you will submit your application. We will only offer routine service, and the time it takes to get a passport will be the same as renewing by mail.
You are applying for a regular (tourist) passport. You cannot renew a special issuance (diplomatic, official, service) passport online.
You live in the United States (either state or territory). You do not qualify to renew online if you live in a foreign country or have an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) address.
You have your passport with you, and it is not damaged or mutilated, and you have not reported it as lost or stolen. Keep your most recent passport and do not mail it to us.
You can pay for your passport using a credit or debit card.
You can upload a digital passport photo.
You are aware that we will cancel the passport you are renewing after you submit your application. You cannot use it for international travel.
If you do not qualify to renew online, you may be able to renew by mail or in person at a passport agency or center.
For more information:
Contact the Hemans Law Group, P.A.