New Filing Fees Starting April 1, 2024

USCIS Updated Filing Fees 2024

The new fees will go into effect on April 1, 2024. Click here for the New Filing Fee Schedule or download the pdf. Final Rule U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees for the first time since 2016. The final rule will allow … Read more

USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade

USCIS completed over 10 million cases in 2023. This information is according to a press release from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). The press release states: In FY 2023, USCIS received 10.9 million filings and completed more than 10 million pending cases– both record-breaking numbers in the agency’s history. In doing so, USCIS … Read more

USCIS Enhancing Transparency Introducing myProgress for Application Tracking

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has taken a significant stride towards improving the application processing experience with the introduction of myProgress, formerly known as personalized processing times. What is myProgress? myProgress offers enhanced transparency for applicants, allowing them to track the progress of their Form I-485 or Form I-821 in real-time. This … Read more

New USCIS Form Editions (Form I-601A, G-325A, & I-907)

New USCIS Forms

On November 13, 2023, USCIS released a new edition of the Form I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver. The new edition is the 08/31/21. You can find the edition date of a form on the bottom of the page. See uscis.gov/forms/forms-update for information about updates to USCIS forms. On October 31, 2023, USCIS announced … Read more

USCIS.gov Website Down

USCIS.gov Website Down

If you are having a hard time accessing some of the tools or pages on the USCIS website (www.uscis.gov), you are not alone. The website is partially down and some of USCIS’ online tools are temporarily down for maintenance until later today, Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 2PM Eastern Standard Time.

See the press release from USCIS below:

Release Date

10/31/2023

USCIS will conduct system maintenance to the Contact Relationship Interface System (CRIS) on Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023 at 11:50 p.m. through Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. Eastern.

During this time frame, users may experience technical difficulties with one or more of the following online tools:

  • Check My Case Status
  • e-Request
  • Change of Address online
  • Check Case Processing Times
  • Civil Surgeon Locator
  • Office Locator
  • File Online
  • myUSCIS online account
  • Service Request Management Tool (SRMT)

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Source: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/tools-outage

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