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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Durham, NC USCIS Office Opens
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At long last, the Durham, North Carolina, office of Citizenship and Immigration Services is open! An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Friday, April 25^th, and the office opened on Monday. Laura Edgerton, a Partner with our office and the current President of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) attended the event.

Jurisdiction for the office will likely split in Greensboro, North Carolina, with residents West of Greensboro being processed at the Charlotte USCIS office and residents East of Greensboro being processed by the Durham USCIS office. The Durham office will handle Infopass appointments, biometrics and interviews for North Carolina residents within its jurisdiction.

Friday, June 08, 2007

USCIS To Open New Field Office in Durham, North Carolina
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On Monday, June 4^th, our attorney Laura Edgerton (Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association), was one of a select number of guests to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the new US Citizenship & Immigration Services field office in Durham. The ceremony was attended by Congressman David Price and members of his staff, representatives from Senator Burr’s office, as well as numerous officials from USCIS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The office is designed to be a 22,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility that will include biometrics processing and benefits processing in one facility. The facility will be located at 201 Roycroft Drive, in the heart of the Research Triangle. The office will be able to serve 400 people a day when construction is scheduled to finish in March of 2008.