July 21st, 2021TPS Applicants from Five Designated Countries Can Now File Initial Applications OnlineU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applicants who are eligible nationals of Burma, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela or Yemen, or individuals without nationality who last habitually resided in one of those countries, can now file Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, online, if they are applying for TPS for the first time.
July 21st, 2021DHS Announces Extension and Redesignation of Somalia for Temporary Protected StatusThe Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice (FRN) extending and redesignating Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Sept. 18, 2021, through March 17, 2023. Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas made the decision to extend and redesignate Somalia for TPS after consultation with interagency partners and careful consideration of the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Somalia.
July 22nd, 2021Filing Location Updates for Certain Forms I-131On July 22, we adjusted the addresses for certain applicants filing Form I-131, Application for Travel Document. We have not changed any filing locations but have refined attention lines and ZIP codes to improve internal processes at our lockboxes.
July 20th, 2021USCIS Expands Credit Card Payment Pilot Program to Form I-140 When Requesting Premium ProcessingU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it has expanded a previously announced pilot program at the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) for accepting credit card payments using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions, for certain applicants applying for premium processing.
July 13th, 2021Tools OutageUSCIS will conduct system maintenance to the Contact Relationship Interface System (CRIS) on Wednesday, July 14, at 11:50 p.m. through Thursday, July 15, at 3:00 a.m. Eastern.
