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Visas prohibited for most construction workers and employers must pay higher education fee for FY 2017 and future fiscal years 

The following Immigration Policy Memorandum is now available:

Definition of “Affiliate” or “Subsidiary” for Purposes of Determining the H-1B American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA) Fee PM-602-0147 (PDF)

USCIS offers immigration services that may help people affected by unforeseen circumstances, including disasters such as Hurricane Harvey.

The following measures may be available on a case-by-case basis upon request:

On occasion, USCIS transfers cases between five service centers in order to balance workload and promote timely processing. This page provides up to date information on any workload transfers that USCIS make. Unless USCIS note otherwise, below is the general information for a workload transfer.

How You Will Be Affected If USCIS Transfers Your Case

If USCIS transfers your case, USCIS will send you a transfer notice. Your receipt number will not change, and the transfer will not delay the processing of your case.

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

USCIS is now proactively publishing Regional Center termination notices as they become available, which is consistent with a commitment to transparency in the EB-5 program. This is an important step in assisting investors, the EB-5 industry, and the public to understand the reasons why a regional center has been terminated and what types of regional center activities may trigger the end of a regional center’s designation.

USCIS posted Form G-1256, Declaration for Interpreted USCIS Interview. You can find both the form and its instructions at uscis.gov/g-1256.

On May 10, 2017, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Verification and Document Liaison Committee met with USCIS’ Verification Division, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Employee Rights (IER) to respond to questions, provide updates, and address follow-up items. The questions and answers are provided for the benefit of interested stakeholders. 

“USCIS: Civics Test Study Tools,” is now available on the iTunes and Google Play app stores. The app helps you prepare for the civics test during the naturalization interview.

USCIS recently updated the following form:

Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance. New edition dated 09/26/14. You can also use previous editions.

Presidential Executive Order Amending Executive Order 13597

EXECUTIVE ORDER

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AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 13597

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to support the essential functions of the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs, it is hereby ordered as follows: