Immigration services center finally coming to Queens

A community known for its ethnic diversity is finally getting their own immigration service center. - - Donna Poisl

BY Leigh Remizowski

Taking care of immigration paperwork has been a major hassle for Queens residents - a strange paradox for the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S.

Scheduling a citizenship interview means finding time to journey to lower Manhattan or to Garden City, L.I.

But early next year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is set to open a field office in Long Island City, federal officials announced Tuesday.

It will be only the second agency office in the five boroughs. The other one is in Federal Plaza in Manhattan.

"We have a large immigrant constituency in Queens," Andrea Quarantillo, the New York district director for the agency, said as she unveiled plans for the new office at 27-35 Jackson Ave.

"We want our offices to be closer to where our customers live and work," she said.
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