USCIS Alerts

USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2026 and Filing Dates Now Available for Supplemental Visa Allocations

Published on March 20, 2026

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B statutory cap for the second half of fiscal year 2026.

#uscis #h2b #immigration #visaallocation

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Cap Reached for First Allocation of Returning Worker H-2B Visas FY 2026

Published on February 13, 2026

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 18,490 H-2B visas made available for the first allocation of returning workers of fiscal year 2026 with start dates from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2026, under the H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule (FY 2026 TFR).

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Court Order on Annual Asylum Fee Notices

Published on November 7, 2025

On Oct. 30, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued an order in Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al., SAG-25-03299 (D. Md.), temporarily staying the Annual Asylum Fee (AAF) implementation provisions by USCIS as provided in the notice titled “USCIS Immigration Fees Required by HR-1 Reconciliation Bill” and published in the Federal Register (90 FR 34511 (FRN)) on July 22, 2025.

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DHS Terminates Designation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

Published on November 5, 2025

DHS today posted a Federal Register notice announcing the termination of South Sudan’s designation for Temporary Protected Status.

#uscis #dhs #temporarystatus #southsudan #tps

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DHS Terminates 2021 Designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status

Published on September 5, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security today posted a Federal Register notice on the termination of the 2021 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status.

#venezuela #temporaryprotectedstatus #homelandsecurity

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USCIS to Enforce Consequences for Aliens Who Falsify Information

Published on August 20, 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is restoring robust screening and vetting processes to detect aliens seeking to defraud or abuse the immigration system, including aliens who make false claims to U.S. citizenship.

#uscis #immigration #fraudprevention #citizenship

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USCIS Updates Policy on CSPA Age Calculation

Published on August 8, 2025

We are updating the Policy Manual to clarify that a visa becomes available for the purposes of Child Status Protection Act age calculation based on the Final Action Dates chart of the Department of State Visa Bulletin.

#uscis #policyupdate #cspa #visabulletin

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USCIS Issues Guidance Regarding Family-Based Immigration Policy

Published on August 1, 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual that will enhance our capability to screen and vet family-based immigrant visa petitions.

#uscis #familybasedimmigration #policyguidance #immigrantvisas

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USCIS Updates Fees Based on H.R. 1

Published on July 18, 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is publishing a federal register notice (FRN) based on the H.R 1 Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1).

#uscis #hr1 #immigrationfees

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USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap

Published on July 18, 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year 2026.

#uscis #h1b #visas #mastercap

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