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February 10, 2017	USCIS Will Accept Only New Forms After Feb. 21, 2017 Important reminder: Please check our website for our current filing fees and acceptable versions of forms. On Dec. 23, 2016, our new fees took effect and we published updated versions of our forms. We strongly encourage customers to go to uscis.gov/forms to download and submit these new versions, which are updated with the new fees and have an edition date of 12/23/16.
February 08, 2017	DHS Statement on Compliance with Recent Court Order On February 4, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement reflecting the most recent court ruling on the Executive Order entitled, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.”
February 03, 2017	USCIS Implementation of Jan. 27 Executive Order
February 01, 2017	U.S. Customs and Border Protection Information About the January 27, 2017 Executive Order U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides information about the January 27, 2017 executive order, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," on its website.
January 23, 2017	Employers Must Use Form I-9 Dated 11/14/2016 Beginning Jan. 22, 2017, employers must use the 11/14/2016 N version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to verify the identity and work eligibility of every new employee hired after Nov. 6, 1986, or for the reverification of expiring employment authorization of current employees (if applicable).
January 23, 2017	Civics Test Answer Updates As you study for the U.S. history and government (civics) test, make sure that you know the most current answers to these questions.
January 17, 2017	DHS Publishes Final International Entrepreneur Rule
January 13, 2017	USCIS Reaches the H-2B Cap for the First Half of Fiscal Year 2017 USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H‑2B cap for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2017.
January 06, 2017	Customer Service Tools Outage USCIS is conducting system maintenance today, Thursday, February 9, 2017 from 9 p.m. to midnight, which may result in sporadic outages throughout the day.
December 29, 2016	Previous Editions of Forms Accepted Until Feb. 21, 2017, but Must Include New Fees

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