USCIS Ciudad Juarez Field Office No Longer Accepting Form I-601

USCIS, Dec. 5, 2012: "Effective Dec. 5, 2012, applicants in Mexico may no longer file Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility at the USCIS Ciudad Juarez Field Office or any associated Form I-212, Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States After Deportation or Removal.  Applicants in Mexico must now file Form I-601 and associated Form I-212 with the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox. 

On June 4, 2012, USCIS adopted a comprehensive change to the Form I-601 filing process for waiver applicants located outside the United States requiring that waiver filers located abroad file their waiver application with the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox.  For the first 6 months of this change, through Dec. 4, 2012, USCIS made an exception allowing Form I-601 waiver applicants located in Mexico the option of filing their Form I-601 applications and any associated Forms I-212, with the USCIS Ciudad Juarez Field Office or with the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox.  This exception expired on December 4, 2012.

This announcement does not affect Form I-601 filings that may be eligible for processing by a USCIS international office due to exceptional and compelling humanitarian reasons or Form I-601 filings with the Havana Field Office for waiver applicants in Cuba.  For further information, please see our Exceptions for Permitting the Filing of Form I-601 policy memorandum. 

For more information on filing Form I-601 for waiver applicants in Mexico, please see the USCIS updated Direct Filing Addresses page."