Certain new USCIS forms required on October 15, 2019! – POSTPONED!

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**UPDATE** October 11, 2019: Today, a federal district court temporarily stopped the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing new “public charge” requirements for certain nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions and applications. This means that the new versions of forms mentioned in the October 9, 2019 post below will NOT go into effect, and have been removed from the USCIS website. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is expected to appealing this ruling.

 

**UPDATE** October 10, 2019: USCIS has released the new forms on its website, so if you go to the specific web pages provided in the message below, there are now links to the updated forms, along with revised instructions as well.

 

October 9, 2019: USCIS will not accept the current versions of the following forms if they are postmarked on or after October 15, 2019:

  • I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (https://www.uscis.gov/i-485)
  • I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (https://www.uscis.gov/i-129)
  • I-539/I-539A, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (https://www.uscis.gov/i-539)
  • I-864/I-864EZ, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA (https://www.uscis.gov/i-864, https://www.uscis.gov/i-864ez)

Please note that as of today, October 9, the new versions of the forms, which will be required on and after October 15, 2019, are not yet publicly available. If you have completed the current versions of these forms and can file them before October 15, 2019, you should consider doing so.

If you will not be able to file these forms before October 15, then please be aware that USCIS will reject the older versions of these specific forms on and after October 15, 2019, so you will need to complete the new version of the form (once it becomes publicly available). The rest of the required supporting documentation, and any other required forms not mentioned in this message, still remain the same and should be included if needed with the appropriate version of the form mentioned above, depending upon on whether or not you USCIS will receive your petition or application on or before October 15, 2019.