United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Citizenship_and_Immigration_Services
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:USCIS
gptkbp:director gptkb:Ur_M._Jaddou
gptkbp:formed March 1, 2003
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:logo USCIS Logo.svg
gptkbp:motto Securing America’s Promise
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees approximately 19,000
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Homeland_Security_Act_of_2002
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service
gptkbp:responsibleFor adjudicating petitions for nonimmigrant visas
granting U.S. citizenship
granting lawful permanent resident status
issuing employment authorization documents
managing the E-Verify program
processing asylum and refugee applications
processing immigration and naturalization applications
gptkbp:website https://www.uscis.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._federal_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3