DHS broadens its foreign-government-employee rule for U.S.-born children, but acknowledges an injunction limiting implementation. Here is what the official text says.
Three form changes with no grace period, a rule taking effect, a proclamation expiring, a comment window closing, and the fiscal year ending. All within sixteen days.
DHS rescinded the 2022 public charge rule. The replacement standard applies to adjustment of status applications filed on or after September 18, 2026.
USCIS will reject the current editions of both forms if they are filed on or after September 15. There is no grace period, and the change affects far more than students.
The proposed fee is more than one hundred times the current base filing fee, is not based on the cost of adjudicating an H-1B, and is not in effect.
The order signed August 6 defines birth tourism and directs State and DHS to act on it. The State Department has since announced a task force. The operative guidance has not been published.