Today, USCIS announced that it plans to delay the implementation of the N-400, Application for Naturalization, Direct Mail Program. A notice, to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, will officially announce this delay. In September 2008, USCIS published a notice that proposed to change the filing address for N-400 applications from USCIS Service Centers to two, newly created lockbox addresses in Arizona and Texas. As stated in that original notice, the new direct mail program was to be implemented on October 14, 2008.

This delay, according to USCIS, is due to the organization conducting additional tests of the technology utilized for the program. The September notice will soon be withdrawn; applicants should continue to submit their N-400 applications to the USCIS Service Center responsible for processing these applications for their region.