Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Afghanistan
Alert Type infoALERT: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem terminated Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan. TPS benefits are no longer in effect as of July 22, 2025.
Consistent with Executive Order 14012, we are committed to restoring trust in our legal immigration system and identifying excessive or unjustified administrative and other barriers that impede access to immigration benefits and fair, efficient adjudications of these benefits.
Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Cameroon
Alert Type infoALERT: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has terminated Temporary Protected Status for Cameroon.TPS benefits are no longer in effect as of Aug. 5, 2025.
The H-2B Employer Data Hub allows you to download data for individual cap fiscal years. The CSV files give you the ability to conduct your own analyses of these data, including calculating approval and denial rates by employer, using the software of your choice.
The H-2A Employer Data Hub allows you to download data for individual fiscal years. The comma-separated value (CSV) files give you the ability to conduct your own analyses of these data, including calculating approval and denial rates by employer, using the software of your choice.
(VALID ONLY FROM 7/1 -7/14) After reviewing country conditions and consulting with the appropriate U.S. government agencies, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has determined that conditions in Haiti no longer support its designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Haiti’s TPS designation and related benefits terminate on Sept. 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
Provides data on employers who have submitted petitions to employ H-1B nonimmigrant workers as CSV files.
Litigation-Related Update on CHNV
On April 14, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a Preliminary Injunction Order staying parts of the March 25, 2025 Federal Register notice titled, “Termination of Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).”
Frequently Asked Questions on the USCIS Fee Rule
On Jan. 31, 2024, USCIS published a final rule that, for the first time since 2016, adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. With the final rule, we can recover our operating costs more fully and support timely processing of new applications.
A full text searchable copy of the “McGettrick Certificates” lists is now available online from the USCIS Historical Library. This rare document lists the names of over 1,000 Chinese aliens who, during the 1890s, entered the United States over the eastern Canadian border and received court-issued certificates verifying their claims of U.S. citizenship