U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the start of a six-month testing period of Incident Driven Video Recording System (IDVRS) in operational environments. Agents and officers will evaluate the use of this technology, which includes body-worn cameras and vehicle-mounted cameras, in each of CBP’s operational environments including along the U.S. border, at and between ports of entry, in the air and at sea.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the agency will begin phasing in use of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Signature Confirmation Restricted Delivery service to mail Green Cards and other secure documents beginning April 30, 2018.
USCIS recently updated the following USCIS form:
Update to Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status; New Edition Dated 04/11/1804/23/2018 12:00 AM EDTUpdate to Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status; New Edition Dated 04/11/18For more information, please visit Forms Updates page.
The USCIS Phoenix Lockbox facility is now accepting Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document.
As of April 18, the Nebraska Service Center no longer accepts this form and forwards N-565 applications to the Phoenix Lockbox.
With the transfer to a Lockbox facility, applicants may now pay the filing fee by credit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions.
Are you seeking to adjust your status and become a U.S. permanent resident under a family-sponsored or employment-based preference immigrant visa? If you have not yet had a relative or employer file an immigrant visa petition on your behalf, please learn more about the Adjustment of Status Filing Process.
LOS ANGELES – This week, two immigration fraud perpetrators were sentenced to prison due to the considerable efforts of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Los Angeles Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) unit. Los Angeles FDNS immigration officers worked closely with law enforcement and intelligence community partners to resolve potential fraud, national security and public safety concerns, and to ensure exchange of current and comprehensive information.
Update to Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant; New Edition Dated 04/12/1804/20/2018 12:00 AM EDTFor more information, please visit Forms Updates page.
E-Verify, the free system that allows employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States, will be unavailable from April 20 at 9 p.m. until April 22 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, while USCIS implements system enhancements. For more information on how the outage will affect the creation of E-Verify cases see the fact sheet on USCIS website.
USCIS recently updated the following form.
Update to Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service; New Edition Dated 04/11/1804/19/2018 12:00 AM EDTUpdate to Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service; New Edition Dated 04/11/18.For more information, please visit Forms Updates page.
The USCIS Policy Manual has been updated to clarify certain requirements for acquisition of U.S. citizenship for children born outside the United States and out of wedlock under sections 301 and 309 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The Policy Alert is available here: