USCIS Updates Numerous forms
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released revised versions of a number of its forms and has provided information regarding when the new version will go into effect and how long the older versions will continue to be accepted. Below is a list of the updated forms and the pertinent changes made to them.
Form G-325A, Biographic Information (for Deferred Action)
The new edition is dated 03/29/18. Beginning 06/11/2018, USCIS will exclusively accept the edition dated 03/29/18. Until that date, USCIS will continue to accept the 06/01/15 edition.
N-300, Application to File Declaration of Intent
The new edition is dated 03/13/18. Beginning 05/28/2018, USCIS will exclusively accept the edition dated 03/13/18.
Form I-192, Request for Fee Waiver
The new edition is dated 03/13/18. USCIS will continue to accept previous editions of the form.
Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA
The new edition is dated 03/06/18. Beginning 05/16/2018, USCIS will exclusively accept the edition dated 03/06/18. Until that date, USCIS will continue accepting previous editions of the form. The edition date can be found at the bottom of the page of the form and instructions. Also updated are Forms I-864A, I-964EZ, and I-984W.
Form I-817, Application for Family Unity Benefits
The new edition is dated 11/07/17. Beginning 04/23/2018, USCIS will exclusively accept the edition dated 11/07/17. Until that date, USCIS will continue to accept the edition dated 12/23/16.
Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition
The new edition is dated 11/01/17. Beginning 04/23/2018, USCIS will exclusively accept the edition dated 11/01/17. Until that thate date, USCIS will continue to accept the edition dated 12/23/16.
Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions
The new edition is dated 01/04/18, including separate instructions.
Form I-942P, Income Guidelines for Reduced Fees
The new edition is dated 01/25/18. USCIS will not accept any previous editions of the form.
Form I-912P, HHS Poverty Guidelines for Fee Waiver Request
The new edition is dated 01/25/18. USCIS will not accept any previous editions of the form.
Form I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver
The new edition is dated 12/15/17.
For more information, view the USCIS updated forms page.
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ICE Announces Texas Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Defrauding Immigrants
A Texas citizen had been sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release after fraudulently collecting thousands of dollars from individuals seeking immigration benefits. Alejando Guarany-Navarro collected money from foreign nationals across the country, misleading them to believe that he was a government employee who could provide legal immigration status for a fee. Between December 2011 and March 2015, Gurany-Navarro posed as a government employee, promising citizenship to aliens in exchange for money. Gurany-Navarro would meet immigrants at the airport in SeaTac Washington, acquire personal information such as photographs and fingerprints and payment, sometimes thousands of dollars. When the promised legal status never came to fruition, immigrants would not raise alarm out of fear that Gurany-Navarro would use the acquired personal information to have them deported. Gurany-Navarro was ordered to pay $140,550 to more than 25 victims in Washington and Ohio.
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