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The H-2B returning worker provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-113) expired on Sept. 30, 2016. In anticipation that Congress could reauthorize this exemption from the H-2B cap, USCIS had previously advised H-2B employers to continue identifying potential returning workers with employment start dates in fiscal year (FY) 2017.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the requirements and procedures for victims of human trafficking who seek T nonimmigrant status.

May 2013

This page contains USCIS Legal Documents and Testimonies five years and older.  February 2007 July 2006 Contributions of Immigrants to the U.S. Military (PDF) USCIS Director Emilio T. Gonzalez before the Senate Armed Services Committee 07/10/2006  March 2005

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a national Spanish language webinar engagement on December 15, 2016 from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eastern) regarding recent updates to our online tools.

To allow immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and certain “stateless” individuals to maintain legal status in the CNMI, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the parole program for these relatives, effective immediately, until December 31, 2018.

Beginning December 12, the free citizenship preparation and study materials in USCIS’ Citizenship Resource Center will be easier to use from a smartphone, tablet or other mobile device. Among the improvements, the new design puts key navigational links inside a single “hamburger” icon like that found on many other mobile sites. This redesign follows the launch of mobile friendly design on other parts of uscis.gov and uscis.gov/es earlier this year.