Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility

I am... Mail the Form I-601 to:

A Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitioner seeking an immigrant visa or adjustment of status; or,

A T nonimmigrant seeking adjustment of status.

 USCIS Vermont Service Center
38 River Road
Essex Junction, VT 05479-0001

Seeking an immigrant visa or a nonimmigrant K or V visa and I have been found inadmissible by a consular officer after my visa interview.

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: I-601 Foreign Filers
P.O. Box 21600
Phoenix, AZ 85036-1600

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: I-601 Foreign Filers (Box 21600)
1820 E. Skyharbor, Circle S, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034-4850

To request processing by a USCIS international office due to exceptional and compelling humanitarian reasons, please review the information about the exceptions to domestic filing is located on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov/i601centralizationexceptions (PDF, 78.82 KB)

Filing Form I-601 together with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

Follow the Form I-485 Instructions.

Filing Form I-601 and my Form I-485 is pending.

If your Form I-485 receipt number (located on the I-797C Notice of Action) begins with "MSC" or "IOE" or does not have a 3-letter code at the beginning of the receipt number, then mail to:

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

U.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-3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

If your Form I-485 receipt number (located on the I-797C Notice of Action) begins with "EAC", "LIN", "SRC", on "WAC" then mail to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: NFB
P.O. Box 660867
Dallas, TX 75266-0867

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: NFB (Box 660867)
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003

Filing Form I-601 with Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status.

 Mail your forms according to the instructions in the recently published Federal Register notice for your country’s TPS designation.
In removal proceedings

File Form I-601 with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) according to the instructions provided to you in court. For information about EOIR, visit EOIR’s Web site at www.usdoj.gov/eoir
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