US immigration office in Manila will permanently closed on July

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will shutdown its operations in Manila.

 "The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Manila office is no longer accepting new applications or petitions. The USCIS Manila office will be permanently closed on July 5, 2019," the U.S. Embassy Manila statement in a Facebook post.

Those with forms I-130 or petition for Alien Relative, USCIS started redirecting it to lockbox last May 14, and those who were previously assisted by the immigration office must follow new filing procedures found on the USCIS website.

Beginning on June 3, 2019, individuals who were previously assisted by the USCIS Manila Field Office (which includes individuals residing in the Philippines, New Guinea, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Wallis, Futuna, New Caledonia, Pitcairn Island, Overseas French territories of French Polynesia, and most island nations in the Pacific region that are not covered by the other field offices in the Asia/Pacific District) must follow these filing instructions.