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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Genealogy Program online request site may experience outages on Saturday, November 16, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST due to a Pay.Gov outage. During this timeframe, you will not be able to submit an online payment for a genealogy request. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you.
USCIS Genealogy Program
P.O. Box 805925
Chicago, IL 60680-4120
If the immigrant's date of birth is less than 100 years before the date of this request, you must provide documentary evidence showing the immigrant is deceased. Examples of acceptable documentary proof of death include: death certificates (uncertified copy), printed obituaries, funeral programs or photographs of gravestones, Bible records, Social Security Death Index (individual records only, not lists), or records about payment of death benefits.