POLICY & ANALYSIS
Follow U.S. immigration policy, filing changes and official announcements.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a Federal Register notice that will increase certain H.R. 1 immigration-related fees for fiscal year 2027.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating fees for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program to ensure EB-5 fees fully recover the cost of operating the program, meet statutory processing time goals, and support integrity measures such as audits and site visits.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS applies the regulatory definition of “day” to filing deadlines. This policy becomes effective October 23, 2026.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the inadmissibility of aliens engaged in controlled substance trafficking, significant trafficking in persons, and money laundering under section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
On September 14, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a 60-day Notice of Information Collection in the Federal Register at 91 FR 58144 , requesting public comments in connection with the Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor (Form I-526) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
On September 14, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a 60-day Notice of Information Collection in the Federal Register at 91 FR 58164 , requesting public comments in connection with Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (Form I-360) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This technical update incorporates into Volume 8 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 18, 2026, addressing the public charge ground of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as implemented by the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Final Rule, 91 FR 45324 (PDF) (Jul. 20, 2026). This guidance became effective September 18, 2026.
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has published a new Records Management page on the Foreign Labor Certification website. The page covers OFLC’s records retention policy and explains how Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) retains and disposes of records. It also provides guidance on searching and retrieving case information from FLAG. The page is available at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/records-retention .
By virtue of the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs by the laws of the United States, under the Visa Bond Program, in 22 CFR 41.11(c)(3) , I hereby delegate to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, to the extent authorized by law, the authority to waive the visa bond requirement for an alien, country, or category of aliens, by determining that such a waiver is not contrary to the national interest of the United States. This delegation of authority is intended to be implemented to the extent authorized by law, including that the authority must be exercised by an Officer of the United States.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on referring cases for revocation of naturalization (commonly referred to as “denaturalization”) under section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received enough petitions to meet the congressionally established H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2027.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the regulatory changes on the registration of children born to foreign government employees in the United States as lawful permanent residents. Additionally, this update provides definitions for key terminology.
