USCIS Tampa Asylum Office

The Tampa Asylum Office is one of the USCIS asylum offices, at 3924 Coconut Palm Drive, Tampa, FL, 33619. Its USCIS Office Locator profile says: “The Tampa Asylum Office is in Hillsborough County, Florida.” 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 address3924 Coconut Palm Drive, Tampa, FL, 33619
Phone813-372-2000
Fax813-467-5890 or 813-467-5891
EmailTampa-Asylum@uscis.dhs.gov
HoursMonday–Friday: By appointment only; Saturday–Sunday: Closed
Additional evidenceIf your application for asylum or NACARA 203 is pending, you may submit additional evidence by postal mail.
USCIS office codeZTB
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.

Walk-ins

The Tampa Asylum Office does not accept walk-in requests or provide in-person services. Please visit www.uscis.gov/tools for a list of online tools and services. If you cannot find the information you need, visit USCIS Contact Center for more information about submitting an inquiry.

States, counties and ZIP codes this office serves

The Service Area section of the USCIS profile says:

This asylum office serves the certain parts of the State of Florida.

The following Florida counties fall entirely under the jurisdiction of the Tampa Asylum Office:

Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Hillsborough, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Nassau, Okaloosa, Pasco, Pinellas, Putnam, Santa Rosa, St Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

Certain zip codes within certain counties are included within the Tampa Asylum Office jurisdiction. The following lists the counties and the affected ZIP codes within each county:

Hardee: 33834

Lake: 32102, 32159, 32195

Marion: 32113, 32133, 32134, 32179, 32195, 32617, 32664, 32667, 32668, 32681, 32686, 32696, 34420, 34431, 34432, 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473, 34474, 34475, 34476, 34479, 34480, 34481, 34482, 34488, 34491

Polk: 33801, 33803, 33805, 33809, 33810, 33811, 33813, 33815, 33830, 33834, 33849, 33860

Sarasota: 34229, 34231, 34232, 34233, 34234, 34235, 34237, 34238, 34239, 34240, 34241, 34242, 34251, 34275

Volusia: 32114, 32117, 32118, 32119, 32124, 32127, 32128, 32129, 32130, 32174, 32176, 32180, 32190, 32708, 32724, 32732, 32765, 32773

Only those ZIP codes listed above within Hardee, Lake, Marion, Polk, Sarasota and Volusia counties fall under the Tampa Asylum Office’s jurisdiction. If you live within these six counties and your ZIP code is not listed above, you DO NOT live within jurisdiction of the Tampa Asylum Office.

USCIS’s field-office-by-ZIP file dated August 28, 2026 assigns 499 active ZIP codes to this asylum office (code ZTB), by state or territory: Florida (499).

Office policies on the USCIS profile

The profile lists these office-specific policies:

Interpreter Policy

Applicants applying affirmatively for asylum with USCIS who are unable to proceed with the interview in English must provide, at no expense to USCIS, a competent interpreter fluent in both English and applicant’s native language or other language in which the applicant is fluent.
Sign language interpreters are the only exception. USCIS continues to provide sign language interpreters as a disability accommodation. Follow the instructions on your interview notice to request a disability accommodation. If you need an interpreter and do not bring one, or if your interpreter is not fluent in English and a language you speak, and you do not establish good cause, we may consider this a failure to appear for your interview and may dismiss your asylum application or refer your asylum application to an immigration judge.
Interpreters must be fluent in English and a language you fluently speak and be 18 years old. They must not be:

  • Your attorney or accredited representative
  • A witness testifying on your behalf
  • A representative or employee of the government of your country of nationality (or, if you are stateless, your country of last habitual residence)
  • An individual with a pending asylum application who has not yet been interviewed

Evidence Policy

All supporting documentation for asylum applications be submitted at least one week (7 days) prior to the date of the asylum interview. This includes written declarations, identity documents, country of origin information reports, and all other documentary evidence. Applicants or their representatives may mail supporting documents. Applicants who submit documentation less than one week in advance of the interview, either directly to the office, or by mail, risk having their cases rescheduled. If no good cause is established for delay, the asylum office will attribute the reschedule to the applicant. This may have an impact on the employment authorization clock.

Biometrics Requirements

All applicants, regardless of age, must have their full-frontal photographs, digital signatures, and right-index fingerprints captured at an ASC. In addition, a 10-print fingerprint record is taken from applicants who are 12 years, 9 months old and older. If the applicant or any dependent did not take a 10-print fingerprint record at the ASC, please contact the Asylum Office via email when you receive an interview notice. If the applicant or any dependent has not complied with biometrics collection requirements, the asylum office will reschedule the asylum interview. If you do not establish good cause, the delay to comply with biometrics will be attributed to the applicant. This may have an impact on the employment authorization clock.

Getting there

Driving directions are as follows:
From I-275 N:
Use the right 2 lanes and take Exit 39 the Exit for Kennedy Boulevard (FL Route 60) and Westshore Boulevard
Immediately follow W Kennedy Blvd and follow the right two lanes to continue on W Kennedy, which also becomes FL Route 60 East.
Continue on W.Kennedy/FL Route 60 East until you reach Westshore Blvd
Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto N Westshore Blvd
Continue on N Westshore Blvd until you reach W Cypress St, about 1 mile. On the way, you will pass under I-275, but DO NOT get on I-275.
When you reach W. Cypress St, turn left and continue almost 1 mile until you arrive at the Tampa Asylum Office. The building is number 5524. Turn left to enter the parking lot.

From I-275 S:
Use the right two lanes to take Exit 40A for N Westshore Blvd
Turn right on to N Westshore Blvd and immediately move to the left lane in order to prepare to turn at the next light on to W. Cypress St.
Turn left at W. Cypress St and continue almost 1 mile until you arrive at the Tampa Asylum Office. The building is number 5524. Turn left to enter the parking lot.

From the North via Veterans Expressway:
Continue on Veterans Expressway after route 589 ends and the road becomes Route 60.
Take exit 1B for Spruce St toward Raymond James Stadium
When you get off at Exit 1B, use the right lane and follow signs for the additional ramp to Cypress St
Follow the ramp until you reach W. Cypress St
Turn left onto W Cypress St. the Tampa Asylum Office will be the second parking lot on your right.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) provides bus service that drops off and picks up passengers at a stop located in front of the office’s parking lot on Coconut Palm Drive. The stop is currently served by HART bus route #38. For more information about HART bus service in the area visit
www.gohart.org or call the HARTINFO LINE at 813-254-4278

Two of the three driving routes on the profile end on W. Cypress St with “The building is number 5524”; the third also ends on W. Cypress St. The office address the profile lists is 3924 Coconut Palm Drive, and its public-transportation note puts the HART stop in front of the office’s parking lot on Coconut Palm Drive. Both are reproduced as USCIS lists them; the profile does not reconcile them.

Parking and accessibility

PUBLIC PARKING: Free parking is available at the front of the building.

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 Tampa office it gives these figures for affirmative Form I-589 asylum applications:

Month (2024)ReceivedCompletedPending at month end
October1,23159549,951
November1,47790650,520
December1,5882,09250,009

The 50,009 applications pending on Dec. 31, 2024 were 3.5% of the 1,446,908 pending nationally; between Oct. 31 and Dec. 31, 2024 this office's pending count changed by 58. 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.