July 2010
USCIS Announces Six Additional Months for Haitian Nationals to Seek Temporary Protected StatusNews 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 AvailableNews Release 06/10/2010
May 2010
18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for HondurasQuestions and Answers 05/05/2010
18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for NicaraguaQuestions and Answers 05/05/2010
18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for HondurasUpdate Automatic 6-Month Extension for Employment Authorization Documents Included 05/05/2010
18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for NicaraguaUpdate Automatic 6-Month Extension for Employment Authorization Documents Included 05/05/2010
USCIS Reminds Chilean Nationals of Immigration Benefits AvailableQuestions 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
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