USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office

The San Francisco Asylum Office is one of the USCIS asylum offices, at 75 Hawthorne Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105. Its USCIS Office Locator profile says: “The San Francisco Asylum Office is in San Francisco County, California.” The profile points to USCIS’s page on how it schedules and prioritizes asylum interviews and says asylum applications are not filed at asylum offices.

General information, not legal advice. For your specific case, talk to an immigration attorney or an accredited representative.

Quick reference

As listed on the USCIS profile (checked October 17, 2026)
Office address75 Hawthorne Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105
Phone415-575-1300
Fax415-575-1393
EmailSanFranciscoAsylum@uscis.dhs.gov
HoursMonday–Friday: By appointment only; Saturday–Sunday: Closed
Additional evidenceIf you have an application for asylum or NACARA 203 pending, you may submit additional evidence by email, fax or regular mail.
USCIS office codeZSF
Profile last updated2026-10-09 14:09:50

Alert on the USCIS profile

Starting April 20, 2026, this office no longer provides in-person information services. Visit uscis.gov/tools to find a complete list of online tools to assist you. If you have visited our website and cannot find the information you need or you need a service that we can only provide in person, call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283. For people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability: TTY 800-767-1833.

Document drop-off

Documents drop-off: You may drop off documents on the 7th Floor on Fridays 9:00 - 12:00 on during walk-in hours. Documents may not be dropped off outside of walk-in hours.

The same profile’s hours table lists Friday as “By appointment only”, and its alert says that starting April 20, 2026 the office no longer provides in-person information services.

States, counties and ZIP codes this office serves

The Service Area section of the USCIS profile says:

This asylum office serves the following states: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

In respect to the State of California, this office serves the following counties: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba.

In respect to the State of Nevada, this office serves the following counties: Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Wash, White Pine.

USCIS’s field-office-by-ZIP file dated August 28, 2026 assigns 2,968 active ZIP codes to this asylum office (code ZSF), by state or territory: California (1,394), Washington (715), Oregon (479), Alaska (273), Nevada (107).

Getting there

From the South Bay:
Take 101 North to Interstate-80.
Exit Bryant Street to the left onto 2nd Street.
Take a left onto Howard Street.
Turn left onto Hawthorne.

From the East Bay:
Take Interstate-80 West.
Take the Exit to Fremont Street in San Francisco.
Take a left onto Howard Street.
Turn left onto Hawthorne Street.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Public Transportation is available using the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart), San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), Samtrans and the Golden Gate Transit System.

Parking and accessibility

PARKING: Public parking is available in parking lots near the office. The costs vary.

ACCESSIBILITY: This office is accessible to people with disabilities.

Pending asylum cases at this office

The USCIS Asylum Division Monthly Statistics Report with data through Dec. 31, 2024 is the most recent edition USCIS has published on its data hub (checked Oct. 17, 2026). For the San Francisco office it gives these figures for affirmative Form I-589 asylum applications:

Month (2024)ReceivedCompletedPending at month end
October2,946262106,656
November3,175485109,338
December3,333437112,231

The 112,231 applications pending on Dec. 31, 2024 were 7.8% of the 1,446,908 pending nationally; between Oct. 31 and Dec. 31, 2024 this office's pending count changed by 5,575. Counts are applications, not people: one application can include a spouse and children as dependents. All offices: pending asylum cases by office.

What the profile says about how the office works

  • Asylum applications are not filed at asylum offices: the profile points to the “Where to File” instructions at uscis.gov/i-589.
  • Case status for a pending asylum application is checked online with the receipt number USCIS mailed after filing, at www.uscis.gov/casestatus.
  • Asylum offices do not directly provide case services assistance related to the status of specific applications or other associated services by telephone, because of confidentiality concerns.
  • The office does not adjudicate Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition; the profile points to www.uscis.gov/i-730.
  • Closures can happen for weather and other reasons; the profile asks visitors to check the USCIS office closings page before any visit, including a scheduled appointment.

Sources

Last verified: 2026-10-17. General procedural information for educational purposes, not legal advice; for your specific case, consult an immigration attorney or accredited representative. Office details come from the USCIS Office Locator and can change; check the office closings page and your interview notice.