A Temecula, CA Immigration Attorney, John Mansfield, explains: I’m talking to you today about the USCIS. What’s the USCIS?, you might asked. It is the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. They are a branch of the US Department of Homeland Security and they are responsible for receiving, processing and approving or denying applications for status and relief under the US Immigration and Nationality laws. It’s important that you know that the USCIS has become an extremely efficient branch. I know it’s hard to believe, but they have done wonders with respect to getting more efficient, faster, and friendlier for a huge bureaucracy, I think they deserve a lot credit for the progress they’ve made. You should know, however, that they are not necessarily there…