Notes from Previous Engagements
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The Asylum Division of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services routinely provides detailed asylum and credible fear data as part of a statistical package made available during regularly scheduled, quarterly stakeholder engagement meetings. You can find asylum and credible fear data by viewing the stakeholder meetings listed on this page or you can find the data sets on the Immigration and Citizenship Data page.
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 2–3 p.m. Eastern
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a national engagement on Friday, April 28, 2023, from 2 - 3 p.m. Eastern, to learn more about the nationwide trial tests for the naturalization test redesign initiative.
During this engagement, USCIS will provide updates on the naturalization test redesign initiative and address questions.
USCIS is committed to public engagement, and sessions such as these provide us with valuable feedback as we work to improve our programs.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a national engagement on the new process for Venezuelans, recently announced by the Department of Homeland Security. The engagement is scheduled on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 2-3:15 p.m. Eastern. Under the process, eligible Venezuelan nationals and their immediate family members who have a confirmed U.S.-based supporter may request consideration, on a case-by-case basis, for a temporary (up to two years) period of parole in the United States and apply for employment authorization.
The first step in the process is for a U.S.-based supporter to file Form I-134, Declaration of Financial Support, with USCIS. The U.S. government will then vet the supporter to ensure that they are able to financially support the Venezuelan national they are agreeing to support. During the engagement, we will provide an overview of the process including a demonstration of how to file Form I-134 online.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a stakeholder engagement on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern.
During the first part of the engagement, we will share updates on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. We will then hold a question-and-answer session to answer questions, listen to your comments, and seek your individual feedback. We will not address case-specific questions, questions outside the scope of the engagement, or issues under active litigation or likely to be litigated. We are committed to public engagement, and our stakeholder engagements provide valuable feedback as we work to improve our programs. Participation in this engagement will be virtual.
If you would like to submit a question in advance, please send your question to the Public Engagement mailbox at public.engagement@uscis.dhs.gov with the subject line “Question: EB-5 Engagement October 19, 2022” by 4pm Friday, Sept. 16.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a virtual stakeholder engagement on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, from 2-3:30 p.m. Eastern with USCIS on the recently published public charge final rule. During this engagement, USCIS will provide updates on key provisions of the final rule. We will also be joined by several federal agencies that manage benefits and other supplemental government services.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a national stakeholder engagement on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) final rule on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, from 3:30-4:00 p.m. Eastern.
On Sept. 28, 2021, DHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for DACA. After a careful review of the public comments received, on Aug. 24, 2022, DHS announced a final rule to preserve and fortify DACA that implements the proposed rule with some amendments. The final rule:
Maintains the existing threshold criteria for DACA;
Retains the existing requirement that DACA requestors file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-765WS concurrently with the Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals;
Clarifies procedures for termination of DACA and related employment authorization; and
Affirms the longstanding policy that DACA recipients have no lawful immigration status, but that, like other deferred action recipients, DACA recipients are considered “lawfully present” when determining eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits as described in 8 C.F.R. 1.3.
It is effective Oct. 31, 2022.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services invites you to participate in an engagement on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 2-3 p.m. Eastern.
On April 15, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the designation of Cameroon for TPS for 18 months. This TPS designation of Cameroon enables nationals of Cameroon and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Cameroon, and who have continuously resided in the United States since April 14, 2022, and have been continuously physically present in the United States since June 7, 2022, to file initial applications for TPS.
During this engagement, USCIS will provide an overview of the designation of Cameroon for TPS and then hold a question-and-answer session. We will not address case-specific questions, questions outside the scope of the engagement, or issues under active litigation.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is pleased to invite you to participate in a national engagement on Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) on Thursday, Sept. 1, from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern. USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou will provide opening remarks on our work in support of OAW. This engagement will also provide information about lawful immigration pathways available to Afghan nationals in the United States.
USCIS is committed to hosting stakeholder engagements like this one to obtain valuable feedback to improve and strengthen USCIS programs.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is pleased to invite you to participate in the first of a series of engagements on refugee processing beginning on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 2-3 p.m. Eastern. USCIS will conduct these virtual engagements on a quarterly basis to provide updates and address some of the questions submitted in advance.
USCIS is committed to public engagement, and sessions such as these provide us with valuable feedback as we work to improve our programs.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites museum and library employees to participate in our naturalization mock interview webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern.
USCIS and library representatives will share best practices for how local libraries and museums can integrate mock naturalization interviews into their citizenship and immigration outreach programming. Mock interviews are practice interviews designed to help immigrants, who are eligible to naturalize, prepare and gain an in-depth understanding of the naturalization interview process. We will conclude with a question-and-answer session.
We are presenting this webinar as part of the federal partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services to provide citizenship and immigration information to library and museum professionals.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a military resources stakeholder engagement on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, from 2 -3 p.m. Eastern.
During the first part of the engagement, USCIS will share an overview on the resources available to active-duty military and their families including customer service tools, the military resource center, and updates on interagency working group initiatives among the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Veterans Affairs Administration.
We will then hold a listening session to hear stakeholder comments and feedback. We will not address case-specific questions, questions outside the scope of the engagement, or issues under active litigation or likely to be litigated. We are committed to public engagement, and sessions like this provide valuable feedback as we work to improve our programs.
If you would like to submit a question in advance, please send your question to the Public Engagement mailbox at public.engagement@uscis.dhs.gov with the subject line “Question: Military Engagement” by Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
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