Filing Instructions for Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative

• Have a valid and approved Form I-600A and wish to file your Form I-600 in the U.S.
• The USCIS National Benefits Center will adjudicate your Form I-600.
• Some countries require prospective adoptive parents to personally appear during adoption/custody proceedings. You may still file with USCIS domestically after obtaining all necessary supporting documents. 

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: Adoption
P.O. Box 660088
Dallas, TX 75266-0088

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: Adoption (Box 660088)
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003

• Have a valid and approved Form I-600A, and wish to file your Form I-600 abroad.
• You must be physically located, at some point during the adoption process, within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate designated to act on the petition (generally in the country where the child resides).

The U.S. embassy, or Consulate designated to act on the petition.

• Do not have a pending or approved Form I-600A, but have identified an orphan for adoption and want to file your Form I-600 together with your Form I-600A supporting documents. 
• Regardless of where you reside, you must file domestically.
• The USCIS National Benefits Center will adjudicate your Form I-600 and determine parental suitability and eligibility together with the child’s eligibility as an orphan.
• You only need to file Form I-600 (which in this case acts as both the forms I-600A and I-600), but you must submit all the documents required by both Forms I-600 and I-600A, including a home study with original signatures.
• Some countries require prospective adoptive parents to personally appear during adoption/custody proceedings.

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: Adoption
P.O. Box 660088
Dallas, TX 75266-0088

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: Adoption (Box 660088)
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003