{"id":1312239,"date":"2019-07-09T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=983468"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:02:56","slug":"colorados-uscis-office-no-longer-allowing-in-person-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorados-uscis-office-no-longer-allowing-in-person-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado\u2019s USCIS office no longer allowing in person appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/uscis-colorado.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A handbook provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/uscis-colorado.jpg 902w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/uscis-colorado-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/uscis-colorado-768x451.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\"><figcaption><strong>A handbook provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for immigrants to study ahead of naturalization.<\/strong><br \/><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Denver District has changed its appointment process and will no longer allow people to schedule appointments in person.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Services Modernization Program, which went into effect in Colorado on June 24, is designed to speed up the process and make the department more efficient, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Most people who schedule appointments in person could have received the same information by calling the USCIS contact center or checking the website,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uscis.gov<\/a>, the news release said. The new program will give the department more time to meet with people who need personalized assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse of the website and contact center saves applicants time and puts more USCIS officers\u2019 time towards completing cases quickly,\u201d the news release said.<\/p>\n<p>The office is also changing its fee payment system, and will no longer be accepting money orders or cashier\u2019s checks for in-person fee payment.<\/p>\n<p>Read full story via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/07\/07\/uscis-office-changes-appointment-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">The Denver Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/colorados-uscis-office-no-longer-allowing-in-person-appointments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A handbook provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for immigrants to study ahead of naturalization. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Denver District has changed its appointment process and will no longer allow people to schedule appointments in person. The Information Services Modernization Program, which went into effect in Colorado on June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 10:11:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}