Life at USCIS

Life at USCIS: Every day, we help change people's lives, while securing America's promise as a nation of immigrants.

 

On an average day, we naturalize 3,200 new U.S. citizens, process 310 refugee applications from around the world and grant asylum to 45 people already in the United States. We process 2,600 applications to sponsor relatives and future spouses. We verify the employment eligibility of more than 58,000 new hires in America. We answer 44,000 phone calls to our toll-free service line. We help American parents adopt 78 foreign-born orphans. We award grants to promote immigrant civic integration, and we process over 2,000 petitions filed by employers to bring workers to the United States.

Visit A Day in the Life of USCIS and explore our website to see the difference YOU can make in other people’s lives, and your own, by joining us. Select the images above to view employee job profiles.

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