Forwarding of Affirmative Asylum Applications to the Department of State

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 04/06/2009.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to alter the process by which it forwards Form I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal, for asylum applications filed affirmatively with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the Department of State (DOS). The affirmative asylum process allows...

Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification; Correction

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 03/11/2009.

On December 17, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim rule in the Federal Register amending its regulations governing the types of acceptable identity and employment authorization documents and receipts for completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. On February 3, 2009, USCIS delayed the...

Special Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Religious Workers; Correcting Amendment

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 12/09/2008.

With this amendment, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) corrects an error in the amendatory text from the Special Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Religious Workers final rule published in the Federal Register on November 26.

Special Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Religious Workers

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 11/26/2008.

This final rule amends U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regulations to improve the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) ability to detect and deter fraud and other abuses in the religious worker program. This rule addresses concerns about the integrity of the religious worker program by requiring religious organizations...

Period of Admission and Extension of Stay for Canadian and Mexican Citizens Engaged in Professional Business Activities-TN Nonimmigrants

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 10/16/2008.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to allow an increased period of admission and extension of stay for Canadian and Mexican citizens who seek temporary entry to the United States as professionals pursuant to the TN classification, as established by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA or Agreement)....

Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement of the Immigration and Nationality Act

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 04/17/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Request for Fee Waiver

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 04/05/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for...

Extension of the Designation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 04/05/2019.

Through this Notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the designation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from May 3, 2019, through November 2, 2020. The extension allows currently eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS through...

Memorandum on Extension of Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 04/03/2019.

Continuation of Employment Authorization and Automatic Extension of Existing Employment Authorization Documents for Eligible Liberians Before Period of Deferred Enforced Departure Ends

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 04/03/2019.

On March 28, 2019, President Trump issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary), Kirstjen M. Nielsen, directing her to extend for certain, eligible Liberians, the 12-month deferred enforced departure (DED) wind-down period and to provide for continued work authorization through March 30, 2020, after which date the DED...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Petition by Entrepreneur To Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 03/29/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Naturalization

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 03/29/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Suspension of Deportation or Special Rule Cancellation of Removal

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 03/05/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Employment Eligibility Verification

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 03/01/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is published in the...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Monthly Report on Naturalization Papers

by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on 03/01/2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for...