(Immigration Office - County of Hawaii) Provides immigration information and assistance on immigration related issues and concerns to the constituents of Hawai‘i County, (including citizenship, permanent residency and family based petition), disseminates immigration forms, acts as a resource office, and serves as a liaison to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS formerly INS).

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the federal agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. Some of the services we provide include: Citizenship (Includes the Related Naturalization Process), immigration of family members, working in the U.S., green card (Permanent residence in the U.S.), verifying an individual's legal right to work in the U.S. Also the humanitarian programs that provide protection to individuals inside and outside the United States who are displaced by war, famine and civil and political unrest, and those who are forced to flee their countries to escape the risk of death and torture at the hands of persecutors, as well as managing the first step in the process for U.S. citizens to adopt children from other countries, and civic integration to promote the instruction and training on citizenship rights and responsibilities and provide immigrants with the information and tools necessary to successfully integrate into American civic culture.