Press Room

February, 2007

Fact Sheet: President’s FY 2008 Budget Request for USCIS Focuses on Building an Immigration Service for the 21st Century (42KB PDF)
02/05/2007

January, 2007

Fact Sheet: USCIS Fee Adjustments (46KB PDF)
01/31/2007

Press Release: Building an Immigration Service for the 21st Century (31KB PDF)
01/31/2007

Fact Sheet: Building an Immigration Service for the 21st Century (41KB PDF)
01/31/2007

Questions and Answers: Building an Immigration Service for the 21st Century (69KB PDF)
01/31/2007

Fact Sheet: Salvadoran Re-registration for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the Issuance of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) (34KB PDF)
01/26/2007

Fact Sheet: Honduran and Nicaraguan Re-registration for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the Issuance of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) (33KB PDF)
01/26/2007

USCIS Recognizes Four Outstanding Americans by Choice (27KB PDF)
01/24/2007

Chinese Orphan Among Newest U.S. Citizens (30KB PDF)
01/22/2007

Fact Sheet: USCIS Naturalization Test Redesign (50KB PDF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising the naturalization test to create a test and testing process that is standardized, fair and meaningful. As part of the test redesign, USCIS will conduct a pilot program in ten cities beginning in February 2007 to ensure the agency has all the information necessary before the new test is implemented nationwide in 2008.
01/22/2007

USCIS Introduces Change of Address Online Function to Web (30KB PDF)
Phase One Streamlines and Improves Services for More than a Million Customers a Year
01/12/2007

Historic Naturalization Index Headed to National Archives Facility in Denver (31KB PDF)
USCIS Saved Pre-1906 Naturalization Records from Destruction
01/09/2007

December, 2006

Public Notice: USCIS Announces the Closing of Agency Offices on January 2, 2007 (29KB PDF)
12/29/2006

Fact Sheet: Traveling Outside the United States as an Asylum Applicant, an Asylee, or a Lawful Permanent Resident Who Obtained Such Status Based on Asylum Status (40KB PDF)
Revised 1/4/2007
12/27/2006

Public Notice: USCIS Announces Processing Changes for Waivers of the Foreign Residence Requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (28KB PDF)
12/19/2006

USCIS El Paso District Assists in Arrest of A Convicted Felon (25KB PDF)
12/06/2006

USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap For First Half of Fiscal Year 2007 (27KB PDF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2007 (FY 2007). USCIS is hereby notifying the public that November 28, 2006 is the “final receipt date” for new H-2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to April 1, 2007.
12/05/2006

November, 2006

Fact Sheet: USCIS Naturalization Test Redesign (53KB PDF)
USCIS is revising the naturalization test to create a test and testing process that is standardized, fair and meaningful.
11/30/2006

USCIS Issues Questions and Answers for New Pilot Naturalization Exam (30KB PDF)
USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez announced today the release of 144 questions and answers for the pilot test of a new naturalization exam.
11/30/2006

Public Notice: USCIS Announces Temporary Suspension of Premium Processing Service for Religious Workers (R-1) Nonimmigrant Classification (38KB PDF)
11/28/2006

USCIS San Diego District Assists in Arrest of Wanted Person (27KB PDF)
11/16/2006

DHS/DOD Commemorates Veterans' Day by Welcoming America's Newest Citizens: Overseas Ceremonies Held in Afghanistan, Germany and Iraq (86KB PDF)
Nearly 200 active-duty service members became America's newest U.S. Citizens during weekend military naturalization ceremonies held in Afghanistan, Germany and Iraq
11/14/2006

USCIS Presents Outstanding American by Choice Certificate (24KB PDF)
In recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the United States, Dr. Emilio Gonzalez, Director, USCIS, presented Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, with USCIS' "Outstanding American by Choice" certificate.
11/14/2006

USCIS Announces Transfer of Form I-129F (K-3-spouse of U.S. Citizens only), Petition for Alien Fiance (39KB PDF)
Beginning October 23, 2006, USCIS National Benefits Center began transferring certain Form I-129Fs to the California Service Center and the Vermont Service Center, depending on the location of the related Form I-130
11/14/2006

USCIS Reaches Special Immigrant Translator Cap for FY 2007 (27KB PDF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today it has received enough petitions requesting special immigrant status from Afghan and Iraqi translators to meet this year’s visa cap.
11/08/2006