GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization declared the swine flu pandemic officially over Tuesday, months after many national authorities started canceling vaccine orders and shutting down telephone hot lines as the disease ebbed from the headlines.

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the organization's emergency committee of top flu experts advised her that the pandemic had "largely run its course" and the world is no longer in phase six - the highest influenza alert level.

"I fully agree with the committee's advice," Chan told reporters in a telephone briefing from her native Hong Kong.

The virus has now entered the "post-pandemic" phase, meaning disease activity around the world has returned to levels usually seen for seasonal influenza, she said.

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The U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services Office is in San Jose but Wednesday, they were in Watsonville making sure immigrants get the right information.

"We're here to answer questions and guide them on how to apply for services that our office offers," said Anita Erfan, Field Office Director.

She said a lot of the times immigrants are given wrong information making the process longer and more difficult.

"This gives us the opportunity to know what steps to take and know the opportunities we have to accomplish what we want," said Angelica Alvarez.

One on one sessions were available from 10am to 1pm at the Watsonville Public Library. Immigrants were able to ask specific questions about their case, ranging from getting citizenship to a green card.

Erfan said they travel to rural communities four times a year because a lot of people have told them they aren't able to make it to San Jose.