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USCIS recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

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.

The H-1B visa program generally allows a foreign employee to work for a specific sponsoring American employer. As is true in many employment situations, the location of work can change.

Update to Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status10/31/2017 12:00 AM EDTNew edition dated 10/19/17. Starting 12/30/2017, USCIS will only accept the 10/19/17 edition of Form I-821. Until then, you can use the 12/23/16 and 02/20/14 editions.For more information, please visit Forms Updates page.

USCIS generally process cases in the order they receive them. The link below provides you an estimate of how much time the office handling your case currently takes to process your type of application, petition, or request.

USCIS Processing Time Information

Limited Resumption of Visa Services in Turkey  Press Statement Heather Nauert  Department Spokesperson Washington, DC November 6, 2017  As announced by our Embassy in Ankara this morning, the United States has received initial high-level assurances from the Government of Turkey that there are no additional local employees of our Mission in Turkey under investigation.

• For Immediate Release
  Office of the Press Secretary
  Contact: 202-282-8010

Update to Form I-102, Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document11/13/2017 12:00 AM ESTNew edition dated 10/19/17. Starting 01/12/2018, USCIS will only accept the 10/19/17 edition. Until then, you can use the 12/23/16 edition. For more information, please visit Forms Updates page.

On Nov. 9, 2017, the Department of State stopped accepting new applications for the Central American Minors (CAM) refugee program. USCIS will stop interviewing CAM cases on Jan. 31, 2018. After that date, individuals with pending applications who have not been interviewed will receive a notice with further instructions.

The decision to terminate the CAM refugee program was made as part of the U.S. government review of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for FY 2018.

The 100 civics (history and government) questions and answers for the naturalization test are listed below. The civics test is an oral test and the USCIS Officer will ask the applicant up to 10 of the 100 civics questions. An applicant must answer 6 out of 10 questions correctly to pass the civics portion of the naturalization test.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received reports that the U.S.

Due to technical issues, the registration period for DV-2019 is being restarted, and all entries made prior to October 18, 2017, will need to be resubmitted for the entrant to be considered. 

The new registration period for DV-2019 opens for electronic entries at 11:00am, Wednesday, October 18, 2017, and closes at 11:00am, Wednesday, November 22, 2017.

For more details visit this link: https://ec.usembassy.gov/new-entry-period-diversity-visa-program-dv-201…

January 29, 2018 Update:

USCIS transferred some of the following cases from the National Benefits Center to the Nebraska Service Center:

• Form I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver

For more details on up to date information on any workload transfers visit this link : https://www.uscis.gov/workload-transfers