The Immigration and Naturalization Service has announced that applications for permanent residency filed on Form I-360 by a battered spouse or child will now be filed directly with the Vermont Service Center. According to the INS, the change is intended to “ensure sensitive and expeditious processing of the petitions filed by this class of at-risk applicants.”
As of May 7, 1997, Form I-360 for self-petitioning battered spouses and children residing within the United States must be mailed, with all supporting document, directly to the USINS Vermont Center, 75 Lower Weldon Street, St. Albans, VT 05479.
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