Fees, forms, rules and court cases from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, explained the day they change.
The Fourth Circuit ordered the BIA to assess new evidence alongside the existing record in Honduran asylum seeker Jenyfer Fajardo-Rivas’s case.
USCIS’s FY 2027 inflation adjustments raised four H.R. 1 immigration fees for covered requests postmarked on or after October 16, 2026.
Minnesota and other states urged an appeals court to block the end of Somalia’s TPS designation while recipients challenge the termination.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the 10-day deadline for refugees to contest termination of their status through November 6 while a lawsuit proceeds.
USCIS opened a fee-free process for eligible Sileiri Doe class members to request reconsideration of certain immigration benefit decisions tied to the April 2025 parole termination.
USCIS alerts say Ukrainian and Sudanese TPS beneficiaries retain protection and work authorization while DHS delays a decision, despite country pages still listing October 19 expiration dates.
USCIS sent rejection notices to hundreds of South African refugee applicants, citing eligibility issues without establishing that anyone’s refugee status was revoked or that they were deported.
DHS’s final rule ended automatic EAD extensions for affected renewal applicants, including H-4 spouses, effective October 14, 2026.
USCIS proposed removing choices for discontinued CHNV and Cuban Family Reunification Parole programs from Form I-131, without ending anyone’s immigration status.
After Haiti’s TPS termination took effect in July, U.S. authorities returned 749 Haitians, leaving some deportees without family or livelihoods in Haiti.
Rep. Sam Liccardo plans to seek a House vote on a bill that would restore TPS protections for more than 8,000 Afghans.
Six legal-aid organizations sued over short-notice USCIS asylum interviews and expedited removal proceedings for unaccompanied children.
USCIS announced that its Charlotte Asylum Office is scheduled to open October 13, 2026, for assigned affirmative asylum cases in North Carolina and South Carolina.
USCIS updated fees for specified asylum, parole, and TPS-related filings, with the new amounts applying to requests postmarked October 16, 2026, or later.
USCIS launched a campaign inviting anonymous tips and evidence about suspected immigration fraud and abuse.
A California federal court ordered USCIS to resume ordinary processing for qualifying pending applications subject to two nationality-based holds.
USCIS extended work authorization for eligible Salvadoran TPS recipients with pending renewals, and existing protections and work permits remain active for now.
USCIS ended 2025 with 11.3 million pending cases as lower completion rates and adjudication holds added to processing delays.
USCIS resumed processing benefits for nationals of 39 countries after a federal court overturned policies freezing their applications.
