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The Exchange Visitor Program promotes mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries through exchanges in education and culture, under the provisions of U.S. law. Exchange visitors are noncitizens who come to the U.S. through the Exchange Visitor Program to take part in Department of State-designated programs. Examples of exchange visitors are:
In DHS-controlled spaces, this guidance does not supersede the most restrictive state, local, tribal, or territorial rules and regulations on mask-wearing and physical distancing.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking data and information from the public that DHS intends to use to develop a public charge regulatory proposal.
ALERT: As of Aug. 13, 2021, USCIS has received enough petitions for returning workers to reach the additional 22,000 H-2B visas made available under the FY 2021 H-2B supplemental visa temporary final rule.
The Citizenship and Integration Grant Program is an important capacity-building initiative that provides funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents.
Administered by the Office of Citizenship, the program funds competitive grants with the goal of expanding the availability of high quality citizenship preparation programs in communities nationwide, to include citizenship instruction and naturalization application services.
On Nov. 2, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule, 84 Fed. Reg. 41,292 (Aug. 14, 2019), as amended by Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds; Correction, 84 Fed. Reg. 52,357 (Oct. 2, 2019) (“Public Charge Final Rule”) nationwide.
The overall national pass rate is determined based solely on an applicant's first test within the current naturalization application. The pass rate represents the cumulative pass rate of applicants who took both the English and civics components of the test since it was fully implemented on Oct.1, 2009.
Fiscal Year 2016 to 2020 (up to September 30, 2020)
Processing Times (in Months)
In light of some states and municipalities relaxing mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reminds the public that we will continue to enforce our visitor policy in all USCIS facilities.