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ICE updated its list of Student and Exchange Visitor Program approved schools.

In March 2023, U.S.

Release Date 

08/01/2023

USCIS updated the following USCIS form(s):

Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

08/01/2023 09:59 AM EDT

Release Date 

08/03/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced changes to the way USCIS issues receipts for L-1 nonimmigrant intracompany transferees (executives, managers, or specialized knowledge professionals) under a previously approved blanket L petition.

USCIS recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

05/31/2023 04:07 PM EDT

Edition Date: 05/31/23. Starting Oct. 16, USCIS will only accept the 05/31/23 edition. Until then, you can also use the 11/02/22 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

For more information, please visit the Forms Updates page.

Release Date 

08/21/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a new online form for individuals, attorneys, and accredited representatives to request an in-person appointment at their local field office without having to call the USCIS Contact Center.

USCIS updated the following USCIS form(s):

Form I-956G, Regional Center Annual Statement

08/23/2023 09:29 AM EDT

Edition Date: 08/23/23. Starting Oct. 23, USCIS will accept only the 07/24/23 edition. Until then, you can also use the 03/15/23 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

Form I-956K, Registration for Direct and Third-Party Promoters

07/24/2023 09:47 AM EDT

Release Date 

08/25/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the Policy Manual to provide clarification on voter registration access at the administrative naturalization ceremonies.

The updated guidance:

USCIS recently updated the following form:

Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

05/31/2023 12:42 PM EDT

Edition Date: 05/31/23. Starting Nov. 1, USCIS will only accept the 05/31/23 edition. Until then, you can also use the 11/02/22 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

For more information, please visit the Forms Updates page.

On December 23, 2011, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012.  The legislation contains language prohibiting the Department from implementing the Wage Rule during the 2012 fiscal year.  Based on Congressional intent to continue to implement the current H-2B regulations, the Department has published a Final Rule extending the effective date of the Wage Rule to apply to work performed on and after October 1, 2012. The Final Rule is accessible here.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds its customers that the open re-registration period for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua ends on Jan. 5, 2012. 

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano extended TPS for eligible nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua for an additional 18 months, beginning Jan. 6, 2012, and ending July 5, 2013.

USCIS published information on the number of Form N-400s pending between October 2009 and October 2011, including office locations, receipts, approvals, denials, and cases pending by fiscal year, as well as service-wide average cycle times.

USCIS executive summary from the 11/2/11 teleconference regarding the adjudication of J-1 Exchange Visitor waivers of the two-year foreign residence requirement.

USCIS reminds the sheepherding industry of the upcoming expiration of the one-time accommodation giving them more time to fully transition to the three-year limitation-of-stay requirements for the H-2A nonimmigrant classification.

USCIS announced its limitation-of-stay requirements under a final rule that became effective on Jan. 17, 2009.

The agency granted a one-time accommodation for sheepherders in H-2A status in December 2009 in deference to their industry’s prior exemption from the three-year limitation. This exemption did not impact other H-2A categories.