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Adjustment of Status


July 2010

USCIS Announces Six Additional Months for Haitian Nationals to Seek Temporary Protected Status
News Release

07/12/2010

Effects of Puerto Rico Birth Certificate Invalidation on USCIS Benefit Seekers
07/02/2010

USCIS Reminds Eligible Hondurans and Nicaraguans to Re-Register for TPS
07/02/2010


June 2010

Questions and Answers: USCIS Reminds Guatemalans of Certain Immigration Benefits Available
06/10/2010

USCIS Reminds Guatemalans of Certain Immigration Benefits Available
News Release

06/10/2010


May 2010

18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Honduras
Questions and Answers

05/05/2010

18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua
Questions and Answers

05/05/2010

18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Honduras
Update

Automatic 6-Month Extension for Employment Authorization Documents Included
05/05/2010

18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua
Update

Automatic 6-Month Extension for Employment Authorization Documents Included
05/05/2010

USCIS Reminds Chilean Nationals of Immigration Benefits Available
Questions and Answers

05/04/2010


April 2010

USCIS Advises Foreign Nationals Whose Work Permits Expire Before CNMI-Only Visa Categories are Available
04/21/2010


November 2009

Questions and Answers: 2009 Update to the Tuberculosis Screening Required for Adjustment of Status
11/01/2009


August 2009

USCIS Reminds Eligible Applicants under Ruiz-Diaz to File Adjustment of Status Application before End of August
08/14/2009


June 2009

USCIS Announces Resumption of Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
06/22/2009


May 2009

USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status, Asylum, Legalization, and TPS Beneficiaries to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling Abroad
05/29/2009


March 2009

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program Extended
Certain Form I-526 Petitions and Form I-485 Applications Affected

03/12/2009

USCIS Meets Another Milestone in Eliminating FBI Name Check Backlogs
Name Checks Pending More Than Six Months Now Completed

03/04/2009


February 2009

Premium Processing Service Expanded for Certain Form I-140 Petitions
02/24/2009

Premium Processing Service for Certain Form I-140 Petitions Begins March 2, 2009
02/24/2009


December 2008

Questions and Answers: Qualifying Family Members of U Visa Beneficiaries May Obtain Lawful Permanent Residence
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently published an interim final rule that allows T and U nonimmigrants to adjust status to become lawful permanent residents.
12/10/2008


September 2008

Two Categories of Special Immigrant Religious Workers to Expire on October 1
09/19/2008


June 2008

USCIS to Offer Premium Processing for Certain Form I-140 Petitions
Service Begins June 16, 2008

06/11/2008

Questions and Answers: Expedited Processing Available for Certain Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Beneficiaries
SSI Beneficiaries can request expedited processing of Forms I-485 and N-400

06/05/2008


May 2008

Update: USCIS Moves Lockbox to New Site in Chicago
Private Courier Deliveries Automatically Forwarded For 90 Days - Does Not Affect U.S. Mail
05/30/2008

USCIS Settles Kaplan Class Action
SSI Beneficiaries can request expedited processing of Forms I-485 and N-400

05/15/2008


April 2008

USCIS Modifies Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
Revised Form I-693 Effective on May 1, 2008
04/29/2008

Fact Sheet: USCIS Issues Guidance For Approved Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petitioners
04/22/2008

USCIS and FBI Release Joint Plan to Eliminate Backlog of FBI Name Checks
Partnership Establishes Series of Milestones To Complete Checks

04/02/2008


February 2008

Questions and Answers: Background Check Policy Update
02/28/2008

Questions and Answers: FBI Name Check Policy (39KB PDF)
02/20/2008


November 2007

Fact Sheet: Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program (35KB PDF)
11/21/2007

Questions and Answers: Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program (48KB PDF)
11/21/2007


July 2007

Frequently Asked Questions #2: Employment-Based Adjustment Applications Filed by Aliens Whose Priority Dates are Current under Department of State July Visa Bulletin No. 107 (35KB PDF)
07/27/2007

Frequently Asked Questions #1: Employment-Based Adjustment Applications Filed by Aliens Whose Priority Dates are Current under Department of State July Visa Bulletin No. 107 (38KB PDF)
07/23/2007

USCIS Announces Update on Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Processing (39KB PDF)
07/02/2007


October 2006

USCIS Reminds Applicants to Apply for Travel Documents for Holiday Travel Abroad Before the End of October (30KB PDF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) anticipates an unusually high volume of requests for advance parole and other travel documents this winter, given the occurrence of three major religious observances - Christmas, Hanukkah, and Hajj during the month of December. USCIS urges applicants needing a travel document (Reentry Permit, Refugee Travel Document, or Advance Parole) to file Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, before the end of October 2006.
10/18/2006

USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status and Other Benefits to Obtain Advance Parole Before Holiday Travel Abroad (31KB PDF)
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) reminds individuals with a pending application for adjustment of status to that of lawful permanent resident, a pending application for relief under section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA 203), a pending asylum application, or an approved application for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), to obtain Advance Parole by filing Form I-131.
10/04/2006


May 2006

USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status to Obtain Advance Parole Before Summer Travel Abroad (31KB PDF)
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) reminds individuals who have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and individuals with an application for adjustment of status to that of lawful permanent resident, an application for relief under section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA 203), or an asylum application, that they must obtain Advance Parole by filing Form I-131, Application for Travel Document with USCIS before traveling abroad.
05/24/2006


November 2005

USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status to Obtain Advance Parole Before Holiday Travel Abroad (30KB PDF)
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) reminds individuals with an application for adjustment of status to that of lawful permanent resident, an application for relief under section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA 203), or an asylum application, that they must obtain Advance Parole by filing Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, with USCIS before traveling abroad.
11/02/2005