January 24 - The USCIS San Francisco District Office is inviting community members to its first national Chinese-language public engagement at the San Francisco Field Office on Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 1:30 am- 12:00 pm.  Hosted by the Office of Public Engagement, the event is the first in a series called “Jiao Liu,” which means “engagement” in Chinese.  Each engagement event will focus on a particular immigration or citizenship matter and include a Q&A session with USCIS officials.  The upcoming session in February will center of the theme of “The Naturalization Process: Becoming a United States Citizen.”

The Office of Public Engagement encourages individuals to participate in person, via teleconference, or live Web streaming. The facilitators and USCIS officials leading the event are fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. As the engagement events are intended to focus on immigration matters more generally, USCIS officials will decline to offer specific legal advice during these sessions.

You can access the informational videos related to the upcoming event’s theme of the naturalization process through the USCIS website. The videos are provided both in Chinese and English.

Ways to participate on February 16:

1.    In-person: USCIS San Francisco Field Office, 444 Washington Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 (180 seats)
2.    Via Teleconference: 1-800-475-8388; Passcode: Jiao liu
3.    Via Live Web Stream:  www.uscis.gov/jiaoliu

For more information on this event, you can email the facilitators of the event at public.engagement@dhs.gov and write "Jiao liu" in the subject line.