Immigration Offices and Procedures in Texas

the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service

Locations, hours open to the public, cashier hours
and forms of payment

  • USCIS District Office(s)
  • USCIS Sub-Office(s)
  • Immigration Courts and/or Detention Centers

    Local Application Procedure

  • USCIS District Offices
  • USCIS Sub-offices
  • Immigration Courts and/or Detention Centers

    Additional Information

  • Notes


    Locations, Hours and Payment - USCIS District Office(s)

    Location 1:
    Dallas District Office
    8101 North Stemmons Freeway
    Dallas, TX 75247

    Serves the following counties:
    Anderson, Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Briscoe, Callahan, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collin, Collingsworth, Comanche, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, fanning, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Franklin, Freestone, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Harison, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Henderson, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hunt, Hutchinson, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kent, King, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, Leon, Limestone, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Marion, Martin, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Morris, Motley, Navarro, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Potter, Rains, Randall, Red River, Roberts, Rockwall, Rusk, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Smith, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wheeler, Wichita, Willbarger, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, and Young

    Hours open to the public:
    6:30 AM - 1 PM, M, T, TH, F

    Appointments:
    No walk-ins are allowed unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, schedule an appointment using INFOPASS via the USCIS web page.

    Accepted forms of payment:
    Certified check or money order

    Location 2:
    El Paso District Office
    1545 Hawkins Boulevard, Suite 167
    El Paso, TX 79925

    Service areas:
    The state of New Mexico and the following counties in Texas: El Paso, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler

    Hours open to the public:
    7:30 AM - 3 PM, M-TH

    Appointments:
    No walk-ins are allowed unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, schedule an appointment using INFOPASS via the USCIS web page.

    Accepted forms of payment:
    Money order drawn on a United States bank or in United States currency

    Location 3:
    Harlingen District Office
    1717 Zoy Street
    Harlingen, tX 78552

    Serves the following counties:
    Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kennedy, Kleberg, Starr, and Willacy

    Hours open to the public:
    8 AM - 3 PM, M, T, TH, F; 8 AM - 11 AM, W

    Appointments:
    No walk-ins are allowed unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, schedule an appointment using INFOPASS via the USCIS web page.

    Accepted forms of payment:
    Personal check (only those drawn on a local bank with a local street address), certified check, or money order

    Location 4:
    Houston District Office
    126 Northpoint
    Houston, TX 77060

    Serves the following counties:
    Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller, Washington (except for Naturalization), and Wharton

    Hours open to the public:
    7 AM - 3:30 PM, M-TH; 7 AM - 11:30 AM F

    Appointments:
    No walk-ins are allowed unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, schedule an appointment using INFOPASS via the USCIS web page.

    Accepted forms of payment:
    Cashier's check, certified check, or money order

    Location 5:
    San Antonio District Office
    8940 Fourwinds Drive
    San Antonio, TX 78239

    Serves the following counties:
    78 counties of Central and South Texas, which include the following major cities: San Antonio, Austin, Waco, San Angelo, College Station/Bryan, Victoria, Corpus Christi, Kerrville, Uvalde, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Laredo

    Hours open to the public:
    8 AM - 4 PM, M, T, TH, F; 8 AM - 12 Noon, W

    Appointments:
    No walk-ins are allowed unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, schedule an appointment using INFOPASS via the USCIS web page.

    Accepted forms of payment:
    Money order or bank cashier's check

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    Locations, Hours and Payment - USCIS Sub-Office(s)

    Location 1:

    El Paso Sub-OfficeAlbuquerque Sub Office 1720 Randolph Road SE Albuquerque, NM 87106

    Serves the following counties:
    Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Sandoval, San Juan, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Valencia, and Union

    Hours open to the public:
    8 AM - 1 PM, M-TH for filing applications with a fee; 8 AM - 2:30 PM, M-TH for forms and information; 8 AM - 12 Noon F by appointment only

    Appointments:
    Appointments are not necessary. Each day tickets are given on a first come first serve basis between 8:30 AM - 2 PM.

    Accepted forms of payment:
    Certified check or money order

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    Locations, Hours and Payment - Immigration Courts and/or Detention Centers

    Location 1:
    Dallas Immigration Court 1100 Commerce Street, Suite 404 Dallas, TX 75242
    Location 2:
    El Paso Immigration Court
    700 E. San Antonio St., Suite 675
    El Paso, TX 79901
    Location 3:
    El Paso Service Processing Center
    8915 Montana Avenue
    El Paso, TX 79925
    Location 4:
    Harlingen Immigration Court
    201 E. Jackson Avenue
    Harlingen, TX 78550
    Location 5:
    Houston Immigration Court
    2320 LaBranch, Room 2235
    Houston, TX 77004
    Location 6:
    Houston Service Processing Center
    5520 Greens Road
    Houston, TX 77032
    Location 7:
    Port Isabel Processing Center
    Route 3 Box 341, Building 37
    Los Fresnos, TX 78566
    Location 8:
    San Antonio Immigration Court
    800 Dolorosa Street, Suite 300
    San Antonio, TX 78207

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    Local Procedure - USCIS District Office(s)

    Dallas District Office:
    • I-485 Family Based must be MAILED to the Dallas District Office
    • I-485 Employment Based must be MAILED to the Texas Service Center (USCIS TSC, P.O. Box 851804, Mesquite, TX 75185-1204)
    • Applications for Naturalization must be MAILED to the Texas Service Center
    • I-131 Advanced Parole should be submitted two months prior to the expected date of travel
    El Paso District Office:
      No Special Instructions Noted
    Harlingen District Office:
    • I-765 can be filed in person or by mail
    Houston District Office:
    • MUST mail I-485
    San Antonio District Office:
      No Special Instructions Noted

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    Local Procedure - USCIS Sub-Office(s)

    No information available

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    Local Procedure - Immigration Courts and/or Detention Centers

    No information available

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    Additional Information - Notes

    • Change of address for naturalization (N 400) may be completed over the phone (1-800-375-5283), everyone else must use the form and send it to the office where their application is pending
    • Fingerprints notices are sent after you have applied. You will be notified as to which Application Support Center to go to and when
    • Sub Offices generally are used for appointment purposes only, usually not to file applications, but check the specific application procedures

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