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Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms
File My Application Online (E-Filing)
(Separate Website)
The forms below are currently available for e-filing, with some restrictions.
I-90 - Application to Replace Permanent Residence Card
I-131 - Application for Travel Document
I-140 - Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
I-539 - Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
I-765 - Application for Employment Authorization
I-821 - Application for Temporary Protected Status
Case Status Service on Line
(Separate Website)
Website allows you to check the status of BCIS applications for which a receipt letter (Form I797) was issued
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Spanish / Español
Immigration Forms and Fees
(Separate Website)
Downloadable Immigration Forms
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Forms Updates
(Separate Website)
This page lists updates to forms as they are published, along with a brief explanation of the nature of the update.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Check Filing Fees
(Separate Website)
Information on fees required to file a variety of forms.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Forms
(Separate Website)
Official US government site with forms used by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in downloadable format. NOTE: These do not include forms used by the Bureau of Immigration and Citizenship.
By: Department of Justice
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Immigrants and "Public Charge"
(Separate Website)
This paper looks at how receiving public benefits may affect your immigration status or your ability to travel in and out of the U.S. If you are a legal immigrant, refugee, or asylee, you generally will not face any problems if you receive public benefits that you are entitled to receive. If you do not have legal immigrant status, you need to consider whether receiving public benefits may hurt your chances of obtaining a green card in the future.
By: Community Legal Services
Green Card Through Family
(Separate Website)
Official US government website with questions and answers regarding the family-based petitioning process. Includes additional links to information and forms.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Green Card Through a Job
(Separate Website)
Information and directions necessary to apply for lawful permanent residence or "green card" through a job or offer of employment.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Green Card Through Refugee or Asylee Status
(Separate Website)
Information on obtaining a "green card" if you were admitted to the United States as a refugee or as a qualifying family member of an asylee.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
"How Do I" Customer Guides
(Separate Website)
The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) has created a series of documents that they call "How Do I ??s" These documents cover a wide variety of topics on immigration matters and are meant to assist you in finding the information you need about a particular immigration and asylum subject.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Temporary Protected Status
(Separate Website)
Official US government website with questions and answers regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Includes a list of eligible countries and links to forms and local low-cost immigration legal services providers.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Fingerprints
(Separate Website)
USCIS requires applicants and petitioners for certain immigration benefits to be fingerprinted for the purpose of conducting FBI criminal background checks. Information is provided about those immigration benefits that require fingerprinting and fingerprint procedures
USCIS.gov: Check My Case Status (Video)
This video from the USCIS explains how to check your case status on USCIS.gov, the official Web site of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fact Sheets
(Separate Website)
Listing of Fact Sheets available from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
By: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Information from Bar Associations and Other Legal Organizations
Immigration Detention Resources
(Separate Website)
This website includes several resources for detained non-citizens in removal proceedings, including pro se assistance guides.
By: The American Bar Association
Immigrant Eligibility for Disaster Assistance
(Separate Website)
Information on disaster relief services provided for families with members who are not U.S. citizens. It also applies to agencies that help immigrant families affected by a disaster.
By: National Immigration Law Project
Notarios Notorios (Notorious Notarios) (Video)
A notary public in America is not the equivalent of a notario publico in Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico. A notary public is not a lawyer and is not authorized by the state to give legal advice or provide legal services. This video, which is in Spanish and English, is intended to assist consumers in avoiding confusion between notaries and notarios when seeking legal help with immigration matters. (19;38)
By: Visual Legal Advocacy Project - Penn Law
Tips on Protecting Yourself When You Hire an Immigration Lawyer or Legal Advisor (Video)
These videos offer information useful to anyone in Pennsylvania seeking competent, state-authorized legal assistance with an immigration matter. One video is in Cantonese and English with Simplified Chinese subtitles; it features attorney Tsiwen M. Law, Esquire. The second video is in Fuzhou and English with Simplified Chinese subtitles; it features attorney Elaine Y. Cheung, Esquire.
By: Visual Legal Advocacy Project - Penn Law
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Cantonese Chinese / 粵語
Information for Pro Se Litigants
(Separate Website)
These self-help materials are designed for detainees to use in representing themselves when applying for some common forms of legal relief from removal. Please note they are written for detainees in Arizona and were last updated in 2007.
Note: These publications are meant to provide useful basic information about immigration law and detention in removal in Arizona and were created in the course of the Florence Project?s work. Under no circumstances do they constitute legal advice.
By: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
U Visa Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
Information on the U visa, which is designed for noncitizen crime victims who have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse flowing from criminal activity and who have mustered the courage to cooperate with government officials investigating or prosecuting such criminal activity.
By: Legal Momentum
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