USCIS Alerts

Published on May 28, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security posted a Federal Register notice on the six-month automatic extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon, from May 28, 2026, through Nov. 27, 2026. Under the TPS statute, if the secretary of homeland security does not decide whether a country still qualifies for TPS at least 60 days before the country’s TPS designation expires, its TPS designation is automatically extended for six months.

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Publicada el 28 de Mayo, 2026

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional publicó una notificación en el Registro Federal sobre la extensión automática de seis meses del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para el Líbano, desde el 28 de mayo de 2026 hasta el 27 de noviembre de 2026. Según la ley de TPS, si el secretario de seguridad nacional no determina si un país aún cualifica para el TPS por lo menos 60 días antes de que la designación de TPS de dicho país caduque, la designación de TPS se extiende automáticamente por seis meses.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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