Guide to the USCIS Home Page - WebJunction



Guide to the USCIS Home Page

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Bureau is currently part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Navigation

Left navigation bar: links to additional information about visiting the US, citizenship and other status, employer section, filing online (with forms, filing guides and the like), and information about the Pilot Naturalization Test with study guides. InfoPass is a multi-language online system for making appointments with an immigration officer.

Middle section: CIS news.

Right side bar: legal links -- case finding information, alerts and help with case and filing.

Bottom links: typical links – home and contact pages, as well as some government ones like privacy policy, website policies, NoFear (whistle blowing), FOIA and links to and the departmental home page.

Top navigation banner: options with drop down boxes, a search feature and standard links for Home, Contact, Site map and FAQ; these do not change throughout the site. Once in one of these pages, the right and left side bars change becoming more focused on that particular area.

A Closer Look at Top Navigation Bar Options

Services & Benefits: permanent resident (how to apply for), citizenship (naturalization and children), visit the US (how to guides), employment authorization (how to get) and information (Form I-9, bulletins), adoption (explains about the two legal ways to bring an adopted child into the country), humanitarian benefits (asylum, refugees, and protected status), customer guides ("How Do I...?" series of brochures), field offices (locator), immigration overseas offices (information and locator), application support centers (locator for centers which perform a FBI fingerprint background checks), and immigration medical examinations (civil surgeons locator)

Immigration Forms: fingerprints, electronic filing (how to guides and forms), and Paperwork Reduction Act

Laws & Regulations: USCIS Federal Register Announcements, Immigration and Nationality Act, Public Laws Amending the INA, 8 CFR, Other Immigration CFRs, Interpretations, BIA Decisions, Finding Legal Advice, Immigration Handbooks, Manuals, and Policy Guidance, Policy Memoranda, Legal Settlement Notices

About USCIS: Resources for Congress, Testimonies, Reports and Studies, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts (FOIA), System Notices, Contracts, USCIS History, Leadership, Careers at USCIS, Electronic Reading Room

Education & Resources: Civics and Citizenship Study Materials, Resources for Adult Educators, Resources for Public Libraries, Resources for New Immigrants, Asylum Resources, Glossary, Immigration Legal History

Press Room: highlighting USCIS and immigrants -- USCIS Monthly Newsletter, Photo Gallery, Faces of America, and Outstanding Americans by Choice

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