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  1. What forms are part of the mandatory e-filing requirement recently announced by USCIS?

 At this time, USCIS has not provided any further information as to what forms will be required to be filed electronically through the USCIS portal. The only information we presently have is that USCIS may only make mandatory e-filing for those forms that have already been available for e-filing for 180 days. Based on the announcement, USCIS is to post a public warning on its website at least 60 days before stopping paper submissions for any specific form.

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The Visa Bulletin (VB) is a monthly U.S. government report released by the State Department’s Travel Website. This monthly bulletin tells you when you can get a green card based on your priority date.

Summary of Key points for VB for September 2026

  • Family-Sponsored Categories Surge: Final Action Dates for family preferences saw their largest jumps of the entire fiscal year. Globally, F3 advanced by 29 months, F4 by nearly 26 months, F2B by roughly 20 months, and F1 by over 13 months. The F2A category advanced by one month to August 22, 2026.
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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click the link to view the September 2026 Visa Bulletin

The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins) and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center using Consular Processing (outside of the US) or file on their own with USCIS Form I-485 (within the US).

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We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.

If you have a burning question, are seeking assistance with a difficult immigration related case, wish to discuss your views on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, priority dates, the monthly visa bulletin, adjustment applications, etc., please contact us by submitting your question/comment/viewpoint in our comment box provided on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.

Our next “Q & A Forum” will take place this Friday, August 28, 2026. Act now and submit your questions!

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This is a local immigration story from the state of Massachusetts! The story entitled, “Trump deportations cost Mass. taxpayers $3,200 each on average“, is about the real cost of the Trump Administrations deportations within their state. The article published by AXIOS Boston explains using numbers and data from the Economic Policy Institute to show that Massachusetts taxpayers will pay on average over $3,200 each and in some cases much more for President Trump’s mass deportation push it their state!

For further details please review the AXIOS Boston news article, “Trump deportations cost Mass. taxpayers $3,200 each on average“!

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The PBS News Hour broadcast an interview between their Justice Correspondent, Ali Rogin and Cassandra Burke Robertson, a law professor from Case Western Reserve University. The subject of the interview was the new tactics being used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to try to strip citizenship from naturalized American citizens. The interview which includes Video with a full transcript and audio is a little more than 5 minutes.

For further details please review the PBS News Hour interview, “DOJ deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship“!

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice that it planned on buying $10 million to $20 million worth of electric shock gloves, known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter! These gloves which would be given to their U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and agents, can deliver enough of a shock to “distract and de-escalate”!

For further details please review the CBS News Article, “ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver electric shocks“.

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