Stakeholder Messages
This page contains USCIS stakeholder messages, searchable by topic and date. Stakeholder messages are only current as of the date of publication/release. Keep in mind, messages may have become outdated since they were sent.
On Jan. 6, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will publish a revised Form G-325A, Biographic Information (for Deferred Action), with edition date 10/24/24. Individuals should use this form to request deferred action for certain families of military service members, or for non-military deferred action (other than deferred action based on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Violence Against Women Act, A-3, G-5 nonimmigrants, and T and U nonimmigrant visas). We will not accept Form G-325A with edition date 10/25/23 on or after Feb. 5, 2025. What you Need to Know
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in Volume 1, Part A, of the USCIS Policy Manual to include current case assistance and feedback avenues.
The Department of Homeland Security has announced a final rule amending regulations affecting the H-2A temporary agricultural and H-2B temporary nonagricultural programs.
DHS today announced a final rule that modernizes the H-1B program by streamlining the approvals process, increasing its flexibility to better allow employers to retain talented workers, and improving the integrity and oversight of the program.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a final rule that will permanently increase the automatic extension period of employment authorization and employment authorization documentation from up to 180 days to up to 540 days from the expiration date stated on expiring Employment Authorization Documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for certain renewal applicants who have timely filed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a new edition of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (edition date 10/24/24).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds stakeholders that on April 4, 2024, we issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual stating that a Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, that is properly completed and signed by a civil surgeon on or after Nov. 1, 2023, does not expire and may be used indefinitely as evidence.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), issued a temporary final rule (TFR) authorizing the release of an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas to be allocated throughout fiscal year (FY) 2025.
We announced today that we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding when students may be eligible for optional practical training (OPT) extensions for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a Federal Register notice designating Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Nov. 27, 2024, through May 27, 2026.
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