Newark - Manhattan Branch Asylum Office
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- Address
- 201 Varick Street, Sixth Floor, Suite 629
New York, NY 10014 - Hours
- Monday to Friday By appointment only; Saturday and Sunday closed
- Phone
- (973) 848-3100
- USCIS page
- egov.uscis.gov office locator
What happens here
- Affirmative asylum interviews (Form I-589) for applicants who live in its service area
- NACARA 203 interviews
- Credible fear and reasonable fear screenings of people in detention
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Jurisdiction
This asylum office serves the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In respect to the State of Pennsylvania, this office serves the following counties: Adams, Berks, Bucks, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York. In respect to the State of New York, this office serves the following counties: Albany, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, New York (Manhattan), Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates.
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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; USCIS last updated this profile 2026-07-24.