Category Archives: USCIS press releases and alerts

USCIS Establishes Family Reunification Parole Process for Ecuador

Release Date: 11/15/2023 WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a Federal Register notice implementing [...]

USCIS Updates Guidance for Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions

Release Date: 11/08/2023 Effective immediately, we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual (PDF, 343.18 KB) for [...]

Tools Outage

Release Date: 11/14/2023 USCIS will conduct system maintenance to the Contact Relationship Interface System (CRIS) [...]

USCIS Changes Filing Location for Form I-907 With Form I-140

Release Date: 11/09/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin transitioning the filing location for [...]

DHS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs

Release Date: 11/08/2023 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of [...]

DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for FY 2024

Release Date: 11/03/2023 Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department [...]

Tools Outage

Release Date: 10/31/2023 USCIS will conduct system maintenance to the Contact Relationship Interface System (CRIS) [...]

Certain Renewal Applicants for Employment Authorization to Receive Automatic 180 Day Extension

Release Date: 10/27/2023 Certain renewal applicants who have filed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, [...]

Filing Location Change for H-2A, H-2B, CNMI-related Form I-129 Petitions, Form I-129CW Petitions, and CNMI-related Form I-539 Applications

Release Date: 10/27/2023 Beginning Nov. 1, 2023, all H-2A, H-2B, CNMI-related Form I-129 petitions, Form [...]

USCIS Extends Parole by Two Years for Certain Afghan Nationals Under Age 14

Release Date: 10/26/2023 USCIS announced today that we will consider two-year extensions of the initial [...]