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Release Date:

04/04/2024

Release Date:

04/01/2024

H-1B Initial Electronic Registration Selection Process Completed

Release Date:

04/01/2024

USCIS recently updated the following form(s):

Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant

04/01/2024 06:16 PM EDT

Edition Date: 04/01/24. Starting June 3, 2024, we will accept only the 04/01/24 edition. Until then, you can also use the 08/31/21 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

USCIS is revising our guidance (PDF, 364.37 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule published in the Fe

What You Need to Know
On April 1, 2024, as part of the new fee rule, USCIS will release a new version of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The new version of the form changes many data elements, including adding a gender X option as another gender identity and removing several other fields.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that, starting April 1, applicants filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, will have the option to request an original or replacement Social Security number (SSN) or card and update their immigration status with the Social Security Administration (SSA) without having to visit an SSA office.

Release Date 

03/21/2024

USCIS has extended the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. The initial registration period, which opened at noon Eastern on March 6, 2024, and was originally scheduled to run through noon Eastern on March 22, 2024, will now run through noon Eastern on March 25, 2024. USCIS is aware of a temporary system outage experienced by some registrants, and is extending the registration period to provide additional time due to this issue.

USCIS is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS considers expedite requests related to government interests and requests related to emergencies or urgent humanitarian situations, including travel-related requests. This update also clarifies how to make an expedited request and explains how USCIS processes expedited requests.

Government Interests