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This page lists all USCIS releases, searchable by topic and date. It also includes policy and procedure updates as well as late-breaking news about USCIS office closures and other emergencies. For material older than three years or that is no longer current, see our Archive News section.
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Treaty Termination Ends Certain Visa Eligibility for Iranian Nationals USCIS today announced that, due to the Oct. 3, 2018, termination of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights with Iran, Iranian nationals are no longer eligible for E-1 treaty trader and E-2 treaty investor changes or extensions of status based on the treaty. |
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USCIS Final FY 2019 Statistics Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) final fiscal year (FY) 2019 agency statistics are now available online. |
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USCIS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), have announced the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B visa programs in 2020. |
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USCIS Formally Announces Implementation of Electronic H-1B Registration Process and the Registration Timeframe On Jan. 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a Federal Register notice formally announcing the implementation of the H-1B registration process for fiscal year 2021 H‑1B cap-subject petitions. |
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Tools Outage USCIS will conduct system maintenance to the Contact Relationship Interface System (CRIS) on Thursday, January 9th at 11:59 p.m. until Friday, January 10th at 6:00 a.m. (EST) and Saturday, January 11 at 11:00 p.m. until Sunday, January 12 at 6:00 a.m. (EST). |
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USCIS Begins Accepting Green Card Applications under Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it will begin accepting applications to adjust status to lawful permanent resident from certain Liberian nationals under Section 7611 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF), signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019. |
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Update on Travel by Temporary Protected Status Beneficiaries In Removal Proceedings U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the effect of travel outside the United States by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who are subject to removal proceedings. |
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Law School Graduate Who Posed As Licensed Attorney Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Roberta A. Guedes (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a fraudulent scheme wherein she posed and practiced law as a licensed attorney. |
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USCIS Expands Guidance Related to Naturalization Requirement of Good Moral Character Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services expanded its policy guidance regarding unlawful acts that may prevent an applicant from meeting the good moral character (GMC) requirement for naturalization. |
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Judicial Victories in Public Charge Cases Give Trump Admin. Confidence for Implementation of Long-standing Law U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services obtained judicial victories in decisions issued by the Ninth Circuit last week and the Fourth Circuit Monday to stay the injunctions and respect the legal authority vested in the Administration by the U.S. Congress to enforce longstanding law requiring aliens seeking to come or stay in the United States to be self-sufficient. |
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