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Contains data on receipts, approvals, and denials for I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. Data are classified by eligibility category and filing type for fiscal year 2021.
Contains data on receipts, approvals, and denials for I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. Data are classified by eligibility category and filing type for fiscal years 2003 through 2021.
The Exchange Visitor Program promotes mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries through exchanges in education and culture, under the provisions of U.S. law. Exchange visitors are noncitizens who come to the U.S. through the Exchange Visitor Program to take part in Department of State-designated programs. Examples of exchange visitors are:
Public Law 114-113 requires certain petitioners to pay an additional fee of $4,000 for certain H‑1B petitions and to pay an additional fee of $4,500 for certain L-1A and L-1B petitions. Signed into law on Dec. 18, 2015, the PL 114-113 fee applies to petitions filed on or after Dec. 18, 2015. The fee is in effect until Sept. 30, 2025.
In DHS-controlled spaces, this guidance does not supersede the most restrictive state, local, tribal, or territorial rules and regulations on mask-wearing and physical distancing.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking data and information from the public that DHS intends to use to develop a public charge regulatory proposal.
ALERT: As of Aug. 13, 2021, USCIS has received enough petitions for returning workers to reach the additional 22,000 H-2B visas made available under the FY 2021 H-2B supplemental visa temporary final rule.
The Citizenship and Integration Grant Program is an important capacity-building initiative that provides funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents.
Administered by the Office of Citizenship, the program funds competitive grants with the goal of expanding the availability of high quality citizenship preparation programs in communities nationwide, to include citizenship instruction and naturalization application services.
The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act (PDF)(UAA) went into effect on July 14, 2014. As of that date, unless a limited exception applies, the UAA requires:
USCIS is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual instructing officers to give deference to prior determinations when adjudicating extension requests involving the same parties and facts unless there was a material error, material change, or new material facts.