U.S. Government Agencies
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- Main: http://www.uscis.gov
- Forms: http://www.uscis.gov/forms
- Check My Case Status Online: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do
- Change Address Online: https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do
- Make an Infopass Appointment: https://infopass.uscis.gov
Department of State
- Visa Bulletin – See current visa availability http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin.html
- Immigrating Permanently to the United States: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate.html
- Visiting the United States http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit.html
- U.S. Embassies and Consulates: http://www.usembassy.gov
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- ICE Online Detainee Locator: https://locator.ice.gov/odls/homePage.do
- ICE San Francisco Field Office 1-415-844-5512
- San Francisco Immigration Court – Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR): http://www.justice.gov/eoir/sibpages/sfr/sfrmain.htm
Social Security Administration
- Getting a number and card: http://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/
- Finding an office near you: https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp
Country Conditions Resources
- U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/
- U.S. Department of State Reports on International Religious Freedom: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/
- Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/home
- Amnesty International: http://www.amnestyusa.org
- Center for Gender and Refugee Studies: http://cgrs.uchastings.edu
Other Immigration Policy and Legal Resources
- National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) http://aila.org
- American Immigration Council (AIC): http://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) http://www.ilrc.org