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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

USCIS offices

Des Moines Field Office

Address
Neal Smith Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room 215
Des Moines, IA 50309
Hours
By appointment only; no walk-ins. USCIS no longer publishes hours for individual field offices.
Phone
USCIS Contact Center, 800-375-5283
Email
None published
District
Chicago
USCIS page
uscis.gov

What happens here

  • Interviews for applications other than asylum, including green cards (Form I-485) and naturalization (Form N-400)
  • Naturalization oath ceremonies
  • In-person appointments booked through the USCIS Contact Center for matters the website and phone line cannot settle
  • Emergency advance parole (Form I-131) by appointment

Processing times for Des Moines Field Office

Area served

Serves 85 counties: in Iowa, Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Calhoun, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mitchell, Monroe, Muscatine, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth and Wright; in Illinois, Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Schuyler and Warren.

On the map

Also in IA

Check before you go. Take the appointment notice; the address on it governs, even where it differs from this page. Offices close for weather and building problems; USCIS reschedules automatically when that happens. Compiled 2026-09-06.