USCIS

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (used to be BCIS, INS)

USCIS Forms Update Notice - Form EOIR-29

USCIS recently updated the following USCIS form:

Form EOIR-29, Notice of Appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals from a Decision of a DHS Officer07/01/2025 11:10 AM EDT
 

Edition Date: 07/01/25. USCIS will still accept the following editions: July 2019, March 2018, July 2015, January 2015, October 2013, October 2012, and April 2009 editions.

For more information, please visit the Forms Updates page.

USCIS Forms Update Notice - G-1055, Fee Schedule and G-1651, Exemption for Paper Fee Payment

USCIS recently updated the following form(s):

Form G-1055, Fee Schedule 10/28/2025 03:13 PM EDT
 Edition Date: 10/28/25. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page of Form G-1055, Fee Schedule.

Form G-1651, Exemption for Paper Fee Payment 06/03/2025 02:26 PM EDT 

Edition Date: 06/03/25. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

USCIS Implements New Immigration Parole Fee Required by H.R. 1

Release Date

10/15/2025

The Department of Homeland Security is publishing a Federal Register notice to implement a new immigration parole fee required by the H.R. 1 Reconciliation Bill. The fee is $1,000 for FY 2025 and is subject to annual adjustments for inflation. You must pay this fee when you are paroled into the United States, unless you qualify for an exception.

USCIS Updates Guidance on Military Naturalization

Release Date09/26/2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing guidance to explain that uncharacterized discharges that occurred on or after Aug. 1, 2024, do not meet the requirement of a separation “under honorable conditions” for former alien service members to naturalize under Sections 328 and 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).