USCIS has issued a reminder that, effective April 1, 2024, applicants must use new editions of the following forms:
- Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker;
- Form I-129 CW, Petition for a CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker;
- Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers;
- Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative; and
- Form I-600A, Application for Advance Processing of an Orphan Petition, and the form’s supplements.
Although USCIS usually provides a grace period when publishing new forms, the forms listed above include changes necessary to administer the new fees.
USCIS has published preview versions of each of these forms on each form’s webpage linked above. Beginning April 1, 2024, applicants and petitioners must submit the “04/01/24” edition of these forms with the appropriate fee listed on the USCIS Fee Schedule G-1055.
USCIS will reject prior versions of the above forms, but will only accept the “04/01/24” edition of these forms if they are postmarked on or after April 1, 2024.
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