News & Alerts
Effective Oct.1, 2023, USCIS will begin a phased-in transaction charge increase for SAVE verification cases that will also streamline billing to a single charge per verification case. Information regarding the transaction charge increase as well as the phase-in timeline can be found on the new Transaction Charges webpage.
Beginning September 1, 2023, USCIS will dispose of SAVE records more than 10 years old, which are those dated on or before Dec. 31, 2012. SAVE agency users with the Superuser role will have until August 26 to download case information from the Historic Records Report if they want to retain information about these SAVE cases.
For more information and guidance on downloading the Historic Records Report, please see the SAVE Instructions to Download Historic Records Report Tip Sheet.
Please send any questions or concerns to your SAVE Agency Relationship Manager or SAVE.Help@uscis.dhs.gov.
From initial to additional verification requests, the SAVE Training for Current Users webinar highlights best practices to prevent errors and delays. It shows you where to find helpful resources for SAVE users and benefit applicants. And each webinar concludes with a question-and-answer session to ensure that you have the information you need to efficiently and effectively use the SAVE system.
The Summer 2023 webinar schedule is available on the SAVE Webinars page. To attend, select one of the options and click the link to register. After registration, you’ll receive an email with a reminder to join on the day of the webinar.
For assistance with registration or for any other questions, please contact our Agency Relationship Management team at saveregistration@uscis.dhs.gov.
SAVE service has been restored. Benefit-granting agencies are once again able to fully access their SAVE accounts and process cases.
SAVE is temporarily not available due to technical difficulties. While SAVE is unavailable, agencies and applicants will not be able to access their SAVE accounts or check their case status using SAVE CaseCheck.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
President Biden issued a memorandum extending and expanding eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Hong Kong residents. The president also directed the secretary of homeland security to provide eligible Hong Kong residents continued employment authorization through Feb. 5, 2025. Eligible Hong Kong residents are employment authorized incident to DED. In addition, USCIS has automatically extended through Feb. 5, 2025, the validity of DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a Card Expires date of Feb. 5, 2023, and a Category of A-11.
SAVE can verify DED and this employment authorization extension using information from the benefit applicant's EAD or other immigration documentation, even if it is expired on its face. In some instances, the benefit-granting agency may need to institute additional verification.
SAVE service has been restored. Benefit-granting agencies are once again able to fully access their SAVE accounts and process cases.
SAVE is temporarily not available due to technical difficulties. While SAVE is unavailable, agencies and applicants will not be able to access their SAVE accounts or check their case status using SAVE CaseCheck.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from March 18, 2023, through Sept. 17, 2024.
On Jan. 30, USCIS announced new designs for tamper-resistant Form I-551, Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards), and Form I-766, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). USCIS began issuing the redesigned cards on Jan. 30, 2023. Some Permanent Resident Cards and EADs issued after Jan. 30, 2023, may still display the previous design format.
The introduction of new card designs does not mean that previously issued cards are invalid. Cards remain valid until their expiration date (unless otherwise noted, such as through an automatic extension of the validity period of the Permanent Resident Card or EAD as indicated on a Form I-797, Notice of Action, or in a Federal Register notice). Also, some older Permanent Resident Cards do not have an expiration date. These older Permanent Resident Cards without an expiration date remain valid.
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