Finding the Status of Applications for Naturalization (N-400)

Finding the Status of Electronically Filed Applications or Petitions Filed or Processed at a Service Center, which includes:

• applications you filed electronically through uscis.gov
• applications you mailed to the Service Center (but please see the separate sections above if you filed an N-400 application for naturalization or filed an application for asylum); and
• if you were recently admitted as a new immigrant by entering the United States with an immigrant visa.

Finding the Status of Applications for Asylum

Finding the Status of Applications Filed at a Local USCIS Office which include:

• if you filed an application for a renewal or replacement of your Permanent Resident Card and have not received your card, please see Finding the Status of Applications Filed at a Local USCIS Office.

How to Submit a Change of Address

Note to our Customers:

We know that checking on the status of your application that is pending with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is important to you, and we are working on improving the methods available to you. Our National Customer Service Center (NCSC) has developed a Case Status Online feature. With this feature, customers with applications pending at our USCIS Service Centers are able to enter their receipt number and obtain the status of the USCIS processing of their case(s). We also offer an automated Case Status system via telephone at 1 (800) 375-5283. Both systems are toll-free.

At this time, we can only honor requests for status checks by the methods listed below.

Finding the Status of Pending Applications for Naturalization (N-400)

If you have been scheduled for a naturalization interview, see the instructions under Finding the Status of Applications Filed at a Local USCIS Office.

If you have NOT been scheduled for a naturalization interview, see the instructions under Finding the Status of Applications and Cases Filed or Processed at a Service Center.

Finding the Status of Electronically Filed Applications, and Applications and Cases Filed or Processed at a Service Center

Online: If you e-filed an application or petition and have your receipt number, or filed an application with a USCIS Service Center and have a receipt. Please have your receipt number ready. The service center receipts have three letters and ten numbers. You can find the status of your case through Case Status Service Online, also available en Español. This service provides you (and your representative) access to case status for applications you submitted to the USCIS Service Centers. This site provides around the clock and immediate access to this case status information. For more information about this service, please review our frequently asked questions.

Calling: You may obtain case status by calling 1 (800) 375-5283, and following the automated instructions. Please have your receipt number ready.

Writing: While calling can be more convenient, you may instead choose to request an update by writing the Service or Benefits Center where your case is pending. Specific information about the centers can be found under USCIS Field Offices.

If you write, please provide the following in your letter:

• Your current name and address, and, if different, your name as it appears on your application;
• Any A-number, which is an 8 or 9 digit number following the letter "A", assigned to you or to your application
• Your date of birth;
• The date and place where your application was filed;
• Any receipt number from any receipt notice issued by INS or USCIS for your application;
• A copy of the most recent notice sent to you by INS or USCIS on your case, if you have received one; and
• The date and office where you were fingerprinted and where you were interviewed, if this has been done.
• If you filed electronically, include a copy of your Confirmation Receipt notice.

Sign your request, or, if you are preparing the request for the applicant, have him or her sign the request. Please mark your envelope: ATTN: Status Inquiry. Please send your inquiry to the address listed in the "About Us" section of the USCIS Field Office pages.

Finding the Status of Pending Applications for Asylum

There are two ways to find the status of a pending asylum application: you may write to us, or visit the Asylum Office.

This Website has information about filing Asylum Applications and Asylum Offices under USCIS Field Offices, including addresses, directions, hours, contact telephone numbers, local procedures, change of address and so on.

If you have moved, please follow the instructions for "Change of Address" found below.

Writing:

You should write to the Asylum Office having jurisdiction over your case.

Please provide the following information when you write.

• Applicant's A-Number (8 or 9 digit number following the letter "A")
• Applicant's current legal name and, if different, the name as it appears on the application
• Applicant's or petitioner's date of birth
• Date of interview, if applicable

Sign the request, or if you are preparing the request for someone else, have the applicant or petitioner sign the request. Please mark your envelope: ATTN: Status Inquiry.

Visiting:

You may inquire in person at the Asylum Office where your case is pending. For information on USCIS Asylum Offices, see the "Visiting Our Office" section under the "About Us" of your local Asylum Office, listed under USCIS Field Offices.

Finding the Status of Applications Filed at a Local USCIS Office