WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through March 31, 2021, must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22, 2019.
Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documents (EADs), have been published in the Federal Register and are available at uscis.gov/tps.
USCIS will conduct a system maintenance starting at 11:59 pm on Thursday, September 19th until 3 am on Friday, September 20th. All times are Eastern.
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<Please see below analysis of October 2019 Visa Bulletin:
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | +14 Days | +14 Days | +14 Days | +1 Year 7 Days | +9 Days |
| F2A | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| F2B | No Change | No Change | No Change | +1 Month | +1 Month |
| F3 | +14 Days | +14 Days | +14 Days | +2 Months 21 Days | +2 Months |
| F4 | +21 Days | +21 Days | +9 Days | +11 Months 14 Days | +7 Days |
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | +2 Months 14 Days | +2 Months 14 Days | +2 Months 14 Days | +7 Days | +1 Month |
| F2A | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month |
| F2B | +1 Month 17 Days | +1 Month 17 Days | +1 Month 17 Days | +1 Month | +1 Month |
| F3 | +1 Month 24 Days | +1 Month 24 Days | +1 Month 24 Days | No Change | +2 Months |
| F4 | +2 Months 7 Days | +2 Months 7 Days | +10 Days | +10 Days | +7 Days |
For analysis of October 2019 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-analysis-october-2019.aspx
October 2019 Visa Bulletin has been officially released (valid from October 1 to October 31 only). Please see below for more details.
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | 15JAN13 | 15JAN13 | 15JAN13 | 08AUG97 | 01JUL08 |
| F2A | C | C | C | C | C |
| F2B | 01JUN14 | 01JUN14 | 01JUN14 | 01AUG98 | 01SEP08 |
| F3 | 15SEP07 | 15SEP07 | 15SEP07 | 22FEB96 | 01APR98 |
| F4 | 22NOV06 | 22NOV06 | 01OCT04 | 15DEC97 | 08JUL98 |
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | 15JUL13 | 15JUL13 | 15JUL13 | 15NOV99 | 01JAN09 |
| F2A | 01AUG19 | 01AUG19 | 01AUG19 | 01AUG19 | 01AUG19 |
| F2B | 01DEC14 | 01DEC14 | 01DEC14 | 01APR99 | 01MAR09 |
| F3 | 15MAR08 | 15MAR08 | 15MAR08 | 15JUL00 | 01OCT98 |
| F4 | 15MAY07 | 15MAY07 | 01JUN05 | 01JAN99 | 08JAN99 |
Apart from posting current dates, State Department has also added special notes to Visa Bulletin mentioned above. Please see full details below:
D. SCHEDULED EXPIRATION OF TWO EMPLOYMENT VISA CATEGORIES
Employment Fourth Preference Certain Religious Workers (SR):
Pursuant to Section 102 of Division H, Title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6), the non-minister special immigrant program expires on September 30, 2019. No SR visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight September 29, 2019. Visas issued prior to this date will only be issued with a validity date of September 29, 2019, and all individuals seeking admission as a non-minister special immigrant must be admitted (repeat, admitted) into the U.S. no later than midnight September 29, 2019.
The final action date for this category has been listed as "Unavailable" for October.
If there is legislative action extending this category for FY-2020, the
WASHINGTON—USCIS announced today that it will celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day by welcoming nearly 34,300 new U.S. citizens during 316 naturalization ceremonies across the nation between Sept. 13 and 23.
The USCIS Constitution Week activities will feature a naturalization ceremony at the DAR Constitution Hall on Sept. 17, where USCIS Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli will administer the Oath of Allegiance and provide congratulatory remarks to 1,000 new U.S. citizens. View a list of other notable 2019 Constitution Week-themed naturalization ceremonie
On Sept. 17, the nation observes Constitution Day and Citizenship Day as part of Constitution Week. The commemoration honors both the signing of the Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, and an observance that began in 1940 as “I Am an American Day.”
USCIS celebrates Constitution Week with naturalization ceremonies across the country. This year, we will welcome nearly 34,300 new citizens at during 316 naturalization ceremonies between Sept. 13 and 23. A list of highlighted ceremonies is below.
We encourage you to share your experiences and photos from naturalization ceremonies through social media, using the hashtags #newUScitizen, #ConstitutionWeek and #WethePeople. You can also follow us on Twitter (<a target='_blank' href="
