Checking Online Status

If you have submitted an application to one of the four US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Regional Processing Centers (located in Vermont, California, Nebraska, and Texas), you can check the status by going on-line to: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

Among the kinds of applications that can be tracked using the on-line system are change of non-immigrant status, H-1B petitions, replacement I-94 card, optional practical training, and employment based on economic hardship.

As long as you have your USCIS receipt notice with the receipt number indicated (for the Vermont Service Center, all receipt numbers start with "EAC...") you can use the on-line system, which is updated daily. The on-line system provides the identical information that can be obtained by using the Service Center phone numbers, and is updated daily.

USCIS also provides a toll-free customer service number at 1-800-375-5283. However, there have been concerns expressed that the operators at the number, who are not USCIS employees and do not have access to your file, do not always provide accurate information. If you are a SUNYIT student, have submitted an application for any kind of F-1, J-1 or F-2 or J-2 dependent-related benefit, and believe you have not received a timely response, please contact staff in the Office of International Student Services for assistance.

Applications filed with one of the USICS district offices (including F-1 reinstatement or conversion of 30-day stays on an I-94 card) cannot be tracked on the on-line system.