2266 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 1996 / Notices

Dated: December 22, 1995.

Gene R. Haislip,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–1180 Filed 1–24–96; 8:45 am]

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Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 1745–95]

Direct Mail Program for the Los

Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and New

York District Offices; Form N–400

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of expansion of the

Direct Mail Program.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Immigration and Naturalization

Service’s (the ‘‘Service’’) plan to expand

the Direct Mail Program to include the

filing of Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization. The Los Angeles, Miami,

Chicago, and New York District Offices

will be the pilot sites for this expanded

program. Under this pilot program:

(1) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, currently filed with the

Service’s Los Angeles District Office

must be mailed directly to the California

Service Center;

(2) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, currently filed with the

Service’s Miami District Office must be

mailed directly to the Texas Service

Center;

(3) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, currently filed with the

Chicago District Office must be mailed

directly to the Nebraska Service Center;

(4) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, currently filed with the

New York District Office must be mailed

directly to the Vermont Service Center.

These changes will reduce processing

times for adjudicating applications for

naturalization, enable the Service to

provide applicants with more

information regarding their case status

in a more efficient and expeditious

manner, and limit the number of inperson visits to local Service offices,

thereby improving the Service’s ability

to provide service to its customers.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective

January 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Arroyo, Adjudications Officer,

Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Adjudications Division, 425 I Street,

NW., Room 3214, Washington, DC

20536, telephone, (202) 514–5014.

ADDRESSES: The Service welcomes

comments about this program and will

make appropriate changes before

adopting it nationwide. Written

comments must be submitted on or

before April 24, 1996.

Please submit any written comments

you may have concerning the expansion

of the Direct Mail Program, in triplicate,

to the Director, Policy Directives and

Instructions Branch, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, 425 I Street,

NW., Room 5307, Washington, DC

20536, Attention Public Comment Clerk.

To ensure proper handling, please

reference INS No. 1745–95 on your

correspondence. Comments are

available for public inspection at the

above address by calling (202) 514–3048

to arrange an appointment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 8

CFR 103.2(a), applications submitted to

the Service must be executed and filed

in accordance with the instructions on

the application form. This was

promulgated by an interim regulation

published in the Federal Register, in

order to improve the Service’s ability to

provide service to its customers in the

most efficient and expeditious manner

possible. See 59 FR 33903–33906 (July

1, 1994). By eliminating specific

references to filing locations, the interim

rule provides Service Center directors

with the authority to accept and process

applications designated for Direct Mail.

It also provides the Service with the

flexibility to shift filings to the Service

Centers as it continues to expand the

Direct Mail Program.

On July 1, 1994, the Service also

published a public notice in the Federal

Register at 59 FR 33985–33986 to

implement a pilot Direct Mail Program

in the Baltimore District Office. That

pilot program has been very successful

and has achieved the intended results of

improving public service and reducing

burdensome filing procedures at the

Baltimore District Office.

Based on the success of the pilot

program at the Baltimore District Office,

the Service has now decided to expand

the Direct Mail Program to include the

direct mailing of the Form N–400,

Application for Naturalization,

currently being filed at the Los Angeles,

Miami, Chicago, and New York District

Offices, to the appropriate Service

Center. Expansion of the Direct Mail

Program with respect to the filing of the

Form N–400 is consistent with the

Service’s objective of streamlining the

naturalization process to better serve the

public. By shifting the Form N–400’s to

Direct Mail, the Service will be able to

improve the productivity and timeliness

of application processing, and provide

more information about case status

through receipt and other notices. To

effect this expansion of the Direct Mail

Program, the Service is amending the

instructions on the Form N–400,

Application for Naturalization,

accordingly. The fee for filing an

Application for Naturalization, Form N–

400 will remain the same.

Where To File

Effective January 31, 1996:

(1) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, for persons residing

within the jurisdiction of the Miami

District Office must be mailed directly

to the following address: USINS Texas

Service Center, P.O. Box 152122, Irving,

Texas 75015–2122.

(2) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, for persons residing

within the jurisdiction of the Chicago

District Office must be mailed directly

to the following address: USINS

Nebraska Service Center, P.O. Box

87400, Lincoln, NE 68508–7400.

(3) Form N–400, Application For

Naturalization, for persons residing

within the jurisdiction of the Los

Angeles District Office must be mailed

directly to the following address: USINS

California Service Center, P.O. Box

10400, 24000 Avila Road, Laguna Nigel,

California 92607–0400.

(4) Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, for persons residing

within the jurisdiction of the New York

District Office must be mailed directly

to the following address: USINS

Vermont Service Center, 75 Lower

Weldon Street, St. Albans, Vermont

05479–0001.

Transition

During the first 60 days following the

effective date of this notice, the Los

Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and New York

District Offices will forward in a timely

fashion to the appropriate Service

Center any Form N–400, Application for

Naturalization, which has been

inadvertently filed with the respective

District Office. When applications are

forwarded from the District Offices, they

will be receipted and filed when they

arrive at the Service Center. After the 60

day transition period, applicants

attempting to file Form N–400,

Application for Naturalization, will be

directed to mail their application to the

appropriate Service Center for

processing.

Dated: January 12, 1996.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

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