First Service Branch Outside Manhattan
Rep. Carolyn Maloney joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas, New York District Director Andrea Quarantillo, Commissioner Fatima Shama of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Assemblywoman Grace Meng and City Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer, Daniel Dromm and Julissa Ferreras at the opening of the new USCIS office in Long Island City last Friday, Jan. 20.
“Queens residents will now be able to access the immigration services they need in the comfort of their own neighborhood. With multiple lines of subway and bus access, this center is significantly more convenient for the residents of Queens and Brooklyn than the previous service center in Garden City,” said Maloney. “By using innovative, high-tech tools, this new immigration office will be able to serve up to five hundred customers per day. I commend Director Mayorkas and District Director Quarantillo for their leadership, and I salute all the employees of USCIS for their hard work and dedication to the ideals of this nation. Queens has long been the melting pot not only of New York, but of America -and in opening this new office, USCIS is paying tribute to this great tradition and making life a little easier for thousands of Queens residents and their loved ones.”
The new USCIS Queens center, located at 27-35 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City, will serve up to 500 customers from Queens and Brooklyn every day.
The center will incorporate both a full service Field Office and an Application Support Center; this will mean customers will not have to go to separate locations for fingerprinting and biometrics.
The new high-tech service center in Queens is part of a national USCIS effort to increase accessibility and convenience for its customers. Prior to the opening of this new center, residents of Queens had to travel to the USCIS Field Office in Garden City, L.I.
The new center will be open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., except federal holidays.
