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Find information about the intercountry adoption process, background checks, visa types, immigration through adoption, home study, and after-adoption approval.

At USCIS, we oversee legal immigration to the United States. You can help people build better lives while defending the integrity of our nation’s immigration system. Employees find value, meaning, and personal satisfaction in their work.

Learn how U.S. immigration law applies to families of U.S. citizens, of refugees and asylees, of Green Card holders (permanent residents), and of couples in same-sex marriages.

Find information on topics such as temporary protected status (TPS); deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA); protections for battered spouse, children, and parents; humanitarian parole; refugees and asylum; victims of human trafficking and other crimes; special situations, female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C); and forced marriage.

Find information and resources about naturalization through military service, citizenship and adjustment of status for family members, family-based survivor benefits, and discretionary options.

Use this section to report immigration fraud, access the USCIS Tip Form, and learn about scams and how to avoid them.

If you want to visit (and not live in) the United States, you must first obtain a visitor visa. Travelers from certain countries may be exempt from this requirement.

Many aliens want to come to the United States to work. This page provides a summary of employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa classifications and other categories of noncitizens who are eligible for employment authorization.