Final Rule
In effect
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Aug 10, 2026
Effective Aug 6, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making non- substantive technical revisions to its immigration bond regulation to remove form numbers and legacy job titles from its provisions. It also makes other non-substantive revisions to this regulation to improve the clarity of the CFR. This action is editorial in nature and does not impose any new regulatory requirements on affected parties.
Final Rule
In effect
Green Card
State Department
Published Aug 3, 2026
Effective Aug 3, 2026
This rule finalizes the temporary final rule that went into effect on August 20, 2025, which launched a 12-month long Visa Bond Pilot Program (Pilot Program), and establishes a permanent visa bond program. An alien applying for a visa as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) may be required to submit a bond ("visa bond") to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status and departs as required. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigran...
Who this affects:
Green-card / I-485 applicants
Notice
Published
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 31, 2026
This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is adjusting certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations established by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for Fiscal Year 2027 in accordance with the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) as implemented by the CBP regulations.
Proposed Rule
Comment period closed
F-1 / Students
State Department
Published Jul 30, 2026
Comments close Jul 30, 2026
The Department of State's (Department's) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers the Exchange Visitor Program, as set forth at 22 CFR part 62, wherein exchange visitors on educational and cultural exchange programs travel to the United States in the J visa category. The Department tracks the status and geographic location of exchange visitors through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), a database administered by the Department of Homela...
Who this affects:
F-1 / J-1 students and OPT holders
Proposed Rule
Comment period closed
General
Justice Department
Published Jul 30, 2026
Comments close Sep 28, 2026
This notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") would implement a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA" or "the Act") that authorizes Immigration Judges, under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, to sanction by civil money penalty any action (or inaction) in contempt of the proper exercise of their authority by certain individuals. The rule would: define the scope of the contempt authority; provide procedures for contempt findings, penalty determinat...
Notice
Published
Travel / Entry
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 29, 2026
This notice announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is extending the Air Declaration Zone Test for an additional two years. Current CBP regulations require each traveler to provide a CBP officer with an oral or written declaration of all articles brought into the United States. The Air Declaration Zone Test streamlines the processing of travelers who enter the United States at air ports of entry by allowing a demonstrative initial declaration to separate trave...
Who this affects:
People traveling or entering the U.S.
Final Rule
In effect
Asylum
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 28, 2026
Effective Jul 28, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to refer certain affirmative asylum applications to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) without interview. USCIS still offers an interview prior to a grant or denial of asylum. DHS is also removing the requirement that a letter communicating the basis for referral of asylum include an assessment of the ali...
Who this affects:
Asylum seekers and refugees
Final Rule
In effect
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 20, 2026
Effective Sep 18, 2026
DHS is rescinding the 2022 public charge ground of inadmissibility regulations ("2022 Final Rule"). The 2022 Final Rule was not the best implementation of the statute. It was inconsistent with congressional intent, unduly restrictive, and hampered DHS's ability to make accurate, precise, and reliable determinations of whether certain aliens are likely at any time to become a public charge. Rescission restores broader discretion for DHS officers to evaluate all pertinent facts...
Notice
Comment period closed
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 20, 2026
Comments close Aug 19, 2026
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will submit the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance. This information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2025, allowing for a 60-day comment period. ICE received several comments which have been addressed in...
Final Rule
In effect
F-1 / Students
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 17, 2026
Effective Sep 15, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to change the admission period in the F, J, and I classifications from duration of status to an admission for a fixed time period, and additional changes to admission and extension requirements. This final rule will provide additional protections and oversight of these nonimmigrant categories and will allow DHS to better evaluate whether these nonimmigrants are maintaining status while temporarily in the Un...
Who this affects:
F-1 / J-1 students and OPT holders
Notice
Published
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 16, 2026
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Camin Cargo Control, Inc. (Garden City, GA), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of December 17, 2025.
Notice
Published
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 16, 2026
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Camin Cargo Control, Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of August 26, 2025.
Notice
Published
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 16, 2026
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Camin Cargo Control, Inc. (East Providence, RI), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of August 19, 2025.
Notice
Published
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 16, 2026
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Camin Cargo Control, Inc. (Thorofare, NJ), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of September 30, 2025.
Notice
Published
General
Homeland Security Department
Published Jul 16, 2026
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of the Philips North America LLC Ultrasound System 5100 POC Series. Based upon the facts presented, CBP has concluded that the last substantial transformation of the Philips North America LLC Ultrasound System 5100 POC Series occurs in the United States.
