Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition
For applicants filing with CBP:
Please file this benefit request at a designated CBP land border port-of-entry or a CBP preclearance office listed on www.cbp.gov or mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Admissibility Review Office at the address specified on www.cbp.gov.
For applicants filing with USCIS:
NOTE: If you are filing form I-824 with another USCIS form, mail your applications according to the filing instructions of the other form.
| If your original application or petition was approved by: | Then file your application at: |
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A local USCIS office; Your form I-797C Notice of Action receipt number may begin with "IOE" or “MSC”, or your Form I-797C Notice of Action does not contain a 3-letter code before the receipt number. |
Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
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A USCIS Service Center; Your Form I-797C, Notice of Action receipt number will begin with either “EAC”, "LIN" “SRC”, "WAC", or “YSC.” |
USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
E-Notification: If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that your Form I-824 has been accepted at a USCIS Lockbox facility, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance and clip it to the first page of your application.