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USCIS Shifts to Electronic Payments: What You Need to Know

Starting October 28, the USCIS will no longer accept checks or money orders for immigration fees. This shift to electronic payments aims to modernize processes and reduce administrative burdens.

USCIS Expands Tools To Help States Verify Voter Citizenship

The SAVE program is a federal service run by USCIS that allows government agencies to verify an individual’s immigration or ...
NBC Bay Area

USCIS announces first changes to naturalization test. Here's what to know

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a Federal Register notice announcing that 28 more questions were added to the naturalization test. "One of many steps in an ongoing effort ...
Forbes

USCIS Issues New Rule On Employment Authorization

A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) district office in New York City. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) A new rule aims to prevent individuals from being forced to leave their jobs ...
JD Supra

USCIS Provides Payment Method and Clarification on Applicability of New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

Real World Impact: USCIS has published additional guidance relevant to the new $100,000 H-1B fee requirement established by presidential proclamation and discussed in our prior Alert, including a link ...
Biometric Update

USCIS seeks to revive, broaden biometric data collection for immigrants

A sweeping new proposed rule would expand both who must submit biometric data during immigration proceedings and the kinds of biometrics the agency can collect.

H-1B visa fee: USCIS clarifies who is exempt from $100,000 payment and how to apply

USCIS has clarified who must pay the $100,000 H-1B visa fee following September 19 presidential proclamation. The fee applies to new petitions filed after September 21, 2025 for beneficiaries outside ...
Newsweek

US Immigration Service Announces Change From July 1: What to Know

The agency is set to discontinue sending text alerts from the number 468-311, also known as GOV-311. Going forward, applicants are expected to receive text messages from a new number: 872466, which ...
JD Supra

USCIS finally provides some clarity on $100K H-1B Proclamation Fee

On October 20, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued informal guidance related to the $100,000 H-1B petition fee imposed ...
Snopes.com

Former Leader of Anti-Immigration Group Appointed as USCIS Ombudsman

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on 2 May 2017 that the former executive director for the Foundation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) was appointed to serve as the ombudsman ...
Kellogg School of Management

USCIS Premium Processing

Note: Premium processing time does not account for EAD production and EAD mail delivery time. Allow 1 - 3 weeks additional time for production & mail delivery of the EAD. You may file your request for ...