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  1. September 2025

    1. September 26, 2025 2.0

      USCIS issues new naturalization guidance for noncitizen service members

      Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedNaturalization USCISDHSDOD Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. August 2025

    1. August 4, 2025 2.0

      USCIS restricts visa eligibility for transgender athletes

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas: VisitorNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. August 1, 2025 2.0

      USCIS issues new Policy Manual language on family-based immigrant visa petitions

      Immigrant Visas: Family-Based USCIS Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 18, 2025 2.0

      USCIS immigration fees required by HR-1 Reconciliation Bill

      Asylum, Withholding and CATRefugeesTPSImmigrant Visas: Special ImmigrantMinors DHSUSCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveRule

      Current Status

  1. June 2025

    1. June 12, 2025 2.0

      USCIS Updates Policy Manual with Guidance on Disclosure of Derogatory Information

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasNaturalization USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. June 11, 2025 2.0

      USCIS revises policy concerning the validity of Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    3. June 6, 2025 2.0

      USCIS reverses policy providing automatic consideration of deferred action for Special Immigrant Juveniles

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    4. June 5, 2025 2.0

      USCIS rescinds statelessness policy guidance

      HumanitarianImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. June 4, 2025 2.0

      USCIS announces crackdown on visa overstays following Boulder attack

      Immigrant VisasEnforcement USCISICECBP Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. April 2025

    1. April 9, 2025 2.0

      DHS begins screening noncitizens' social media activity for antisemitism when considering immigration benefit requests

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasAsylum, Withholding and CATU/T/VAWA USCISDHS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. March 25, 2025 2.0

      USCIS pauses green card processing for refugees and asylees

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 22, 2025 2.0

      USCIS waives COVID-19 vaccination requirement for Adjustment of Status applicants

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2021

    1. January 14, 2021

      USCIS issues policy guidance on discretionary EAD under adjustment or deferred action applications

      Immigrant VisasDACAEnforcement USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
  1. December 2020

    1. December 15, 2020

      USCIS expands interview requirements for refugee/asylee adjustment of status

      Asylum, Withholding and CATRefugeesImmigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
    2. December 8, 2020

      USCIS migrates 245(i) policy from Adjudicators Field Manual to Policy Manual

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    3. December 2, 2020

      USCIS issues policy guidance on Schedule A pre-certification

      Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCISDOL Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. November 2020

    1. November 24, 2020

      DHS provides Q&As on USCIS’s processing of concurrently pending Forms N-400 and I-751

      Immigrant VisasNaturalization USCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveForms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. November 17, 2020

      USCIS updates Policy Manual guidance on job portability for some employment-based adjustment of status applicants

      Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    3. November 17, 2020

      USCIS updates Policy Manual guidance on discretionary factors considered for adjustment of status

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    4. November 13, 2020

      DHS provides information on how to request case assistance from the CIS Ombudsman

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. October 2020

    1. October 6, 2020

      USCIS issues guidance on TPS and eligibility for adjustment of status

      TPSImmigrant Visas USCISAG Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
    2. October 2, 2020

      USCIS issues policy guidance on inadmissibility based on membership in a totalitarian party

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. September 2020

    1. September 15, 2020

      DOS releases guidance on 2020 Fiscal Year (DV-2020) adjudications after Gomez v. Trump ruling

      Immigrant Visas: Diversity Bureau of Consular AffairsDOSUSCIS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. September 10, 2020

      USCIS launches sponsor deeming and agency reimbursement information collection initiative

      Immigrant Visas USCISHHSState & Local Entities Final/Actual Agency DirectiveForms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. August 2020

    1. August 19, 2020

      COVID-19: USCIS allows employees to use Form I-797 for Form I-9 verification during EAD production delays

      Employment VerificationImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect