USCIS Updates

USCIS Updates keep customers and stakeholders aware of routine programmatic changes such as forms updates, filing location changes and visa caps.


May, 2009


USCIS Modifies Application for T Nonimmigrant Status
Revised Form I-914 Effective on May 6, 2009

05/06/2009

USCIS Updates Information on FY2010 H-1B Petition Filings
Receipts remain relatively unchanged
05/04/2009

USCIS Proposes Revisions to Form Used to Verify Honorable Military Service
05/04/2009

Law Extends Non-Minister Special Immigrant Religious Worker Program
USCIS Will Receive Petitions through Sept. 29, 2009
05/04/2009


April, 2009


USCIS Revises Filing Instructions and Direct Mail Program for the Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Form I-90)
Applicants to File Supporting Documentation with Applications to Lockbox in Phoenix
04/27/2009

USCIS Updates Count of FY2010 H-1B Petition Filings
Regular Updates Posted on USCIS Web site
04/27/2009

USCIS Updates Count of FY2010 H-1B Petition Filings
04/20/2009

Applicability Date for E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule Extended
04/16/2009

USCIS Issues Reminder – TPS for Burundi Ends on May 2
04/15/2009

USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2010 H-1B Petitions
04/08/2009

USCIS Reminds all U.S. Employers of Requirements to Use Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
04/03/2009


March, 2009


Deferred Enforced Departure Extended for Liberians
USCIS Automatically Extends Validity of Employment Authorization Documents

03/26/2009

USCIS Announces $1.2 Million Citizenship Grant Program
Up to 12 Grants Offered to Community-Based Organizations Serving Immigrant Population

03/12/2009

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

03/12/2009

USCIS Adds Passport Data in E-Verify Process for Foreign-Born Citizens
Enhancement Reducing Tentative Nonconfirmations

03/04/2009


February, 2009


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

USCIS to Adjudicate Petitions Filed Within the Russian Federation to Classify Orphans as Immediate Relatives
02/24/2009

Sunset Date to Affect Regional Center Proposals Under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program
02/19/2009

USCIS Announces The Status of Cambodian Adoptions
02/11/2009

Non-Minister Category of Special Immigrant Religious Workers To Expire On March 6, 2009
02/04/2009

USCIS Urges H-2A and H-2B Petitioners to Use the New Form I-129
02/04/2009


January, 2009


USCIS Delays Rule Changing List of Documents Acceptable to Verify Employment Eligibility
Reopens Public Comment Period for 30 days

01/30/2009

USCIS Offices in Washington, D.C. to Close for Two Federal Holidays
01/13/2009

USCIS Update: USCIS Changes Filing Location for EB-5 Related Items
01/12/2009

USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2009
01/08/2009

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Re-registration Period for Nationals of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador Ended December 30, 2008
01/07/2009

USCIS Updates Count of FY2010 H-1B Petition Filings



Last updated: 04/01/2009