U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a streamlined process for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to more efficiently provide Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to eligible refugees after they are admitted to the United States.
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We have released a new fact sheet showing significant progress on reducing processing times across a range of different forms.
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On April 2, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will reopen an international field office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, within the U.S. embassy. USCIS is expanding its international presence in strategic locations to support family reunification and refugee processing and to...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that on April 1, 2024 we are changing the filing location for concurrently filed Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service; Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers; and Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent...
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On April 1, 2024, as part of the new fee rule, we will release a new version of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The new version of the form changes many data elements, including adding a gender X option as another gender identity and removing several other fields.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the expansion of the Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) program to the new edition of the Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, starting on April 1.
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This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Humanitarian, Adjustment, Removing Conditions, and Travel Documents (HART) Service Center.
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On April 2, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will reopen an international field office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, within the U.S. embassy. USCIS is expanding its international presence in strategic locations to support family reunification and refugee processing and to...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how we consider expedite requests related to government interests and requests related to emergencies or urgent humanitarian situations, including travel-related...
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The initial registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap closes at noon Eastern on March 22, 2024.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a streamlined process for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to more efficiently provide Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to eligible refugees after they are admitted to the United States. The new process...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is changing the filing locations for certain forms and transferring cases as part of a larger initiative to centralize petition and application filing locations.
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On Feb. 28, 2024, USCIS officially launched new organizational accounts that will allow multiple people within a company or other organization to collaborate and prepare H-1B registrations, H-1B petitions, and associated requests for premium processing.
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Beginning Feb. 27, 2024, certain Ukrainian citizens and their immediate family members displaced by the Russian invasion and paroled into the United States on or after Feb. 11, 2022, will be able to apply for a new period of parole (also known as re-parole) for up to two years.
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USCIS released the end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 data that illustrates the agency’s progress in meeting its strategic priorities. Over the past year, our workforce has successfully reduced backlogs, improved the customer experience, strengthened employment-based immigration, and addressed...
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On Feb. 2, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security published a final rule to improve the H-1B registration selection process and program integrity. This rule created a beneficiary-centric process, under which registrations will be selected by unique beneficiary rather than by individual...
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Today, we published a final rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees for the first time since 2016.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today updates for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap season. This announcement includes provisions from the H-1B Registration final rule (Improving the H-1B Selection Process and Program Integrity), the dates for the initial H-1B registration...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the extension and redesignation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months from April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025 through publication of a notice in the Federal Register.
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We will start requiring most applicants, attorneys, and accredited representatives to pay the fees for forms filed at a field office by mail or remotely, instead of in person at a field office.
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In February, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will launch online organizational accounts and make Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, available for online filing for H-1B petitioners for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for inflation.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization, change of status, extension of stay, and reinstatement of status for these...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today a change in the filing location for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, for currently pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, as part of efforts to increase efficiency by reducing USCIS’ footprint at the...
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On Dec. 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a Federal Register notice announcing the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) re-registration periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan from 60 days to the full designation extension period...
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