Asylum / Refugee / Humanitarian
166 tracked rules affecting Asylum / Refugee / Humanitarian.
- Removing 30-Day Refugee Termination Notice — effective October 14, 2026 — comments close November 13, 2026
- Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview
- Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview — effective July 28, 2026
- USCIS Immigration Fees and Related Procedures Required by H.R.1 Reconciliation Bill; Correction — effective July 21, 2026
- Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Sponsor Assessment Update To Include Proof of Identity, Background Check, Placement, and Income Verification Standards — comments close August 25, 2026
- Clarification of Discretionary Employment Authorization for Certain Aliens — comments close August 4, 2026
- USCIS Immigration Fees and Related Procedures Required by H.R.1 Reconciliation Bill — effective May 29, 2026 — comments close June 29, 2026
- Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Refugee Resettlement Programs — effective May 26, 2026 — comments close May 26, 2026
- Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants — comments close April 24, 2026
- Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance — effective February 26, 2026
- Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance Rules — effective February 26, 2026
- Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance — effective February 26, 2026
- Security Bars and Processing; Confirmation of Effective Date; Partial Withdrawal
- Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — comments close January 2, 2026
- Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media — comments close September 29, 2025
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability — effective August 25, 2025
- Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Update To Accord With Statutory Requirements — effective March 25, 2025 — comments close May 27, 2025
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability — comments close April 11, 2025
- Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons; Eligibility for “T” Nonimmigrant Status; Correction — effective January 14, 2025
- Clarification Regarding Bars to Eligibility During Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review — effective December 27, 2024
- Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings — effective January 17, 2025
- Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons; Eligibility for “T” Nonimmigrant Status; Correction — effective August 28, 2024
- Securing the Border — effective June 5, 2024
- Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings — comments close June 12, 2024
- Clarifying the Eligibility of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Certain Other Noncitizens for a Qualified Health Plan through an Exchange, Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit, Cost-Sharing Reductions, and a Basic Health Program — effective November 1, 2024
- Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons; Eligibility for “T” Nonimmigrant Status — effective August 28, 2024
- Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule — effective July 1, 2024
- Nondiscrimination in Foreign Assistance — comments close March 19, 2024
- Department of State Acquisition Regulation: Nondiscrimination in Foreign Assistance — comments close March 19, 2024
- Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule — comments close December 4, 2023
- Circumvention of Lawful Pathways — effective May 11, 2023
- Implementation of the 2022 Additional Protocol to the 2002 U.S.-Canada Agreement for Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims From Nationals of Third Countries; Correction — effective April 17, 2023
- Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement — effective April 11, 2023
- Implementation of the 2022 Additional Protocol to the 2002 U.S.-Canada Agreement for Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims From Nationals of Third Countries — effective March 25, 2023
- Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19 — effective March 16, 2023
- Circumvention of Lawful Pathways — comments close March 27, 2023
- Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date — effective December 28, 2022
- Asylum Application, and Employment Authorization for Applicants; Implementation of Vacatur — effective February 7, 2022
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — effective October 31, 2022
- Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking (Regulation V) — effective July 25, 2022
- Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking (Regulation V) — comments close May 9, 2022
- Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers — effective May 31, 2022
- Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19 — effective March 16, 2022
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions — effective April 7, 2022
- Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date — effective December 28, 2021
- Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers
- Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19 — effective September 20, 2021
- Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs
- Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers — comments close October 19, 2021
- Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs
- Employment Authorization for Certain Classes of Aliens With Final Orders of Removal; Withdrawal
- Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date — effective December 31, 2021
- Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19 — effective March 22, 2021
- Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
- Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border
- Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date — effective March 22, 2021
- Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review — effective January 11, 2021
- Security Bars and Processing — effective January 22, 2021
- Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications — effective January 19, 2021
- Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal — effective January 15, 2021
- Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review — effective January 11, 2021
- Employment Authorization for Certain Classes of Aliens With Final Orders of Removal — comments close December 21, 2020
- Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility — effective November 20, 2020
- Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal — comments close October 23, 2020
- Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19 — effective September 23, 2020
- Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — comments close October 13, 2020
- Security Bars and Processing — comments close August 10, 2020
- Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants — effective August 25, 2020
- Removal of 30-Day Processing Provision for Asylum Applicant-Related Form I-765 Employment Authorization Applications — effective August 21, 2020
- Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review — comments close July 15, 2020
- Implementation of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018 — effective June 1, 2020
- Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility — comments close January 21, 2020
- Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements Under the Immigration and Nationality Act — effective November 19, 2019
- Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants — comments close January 13, 2020
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions — comments close November 15, 2019
- Removal of 30-Day Processing Provision for Asylum Applicant-Related Form I-765 Employment Authorization Applications — comments close November 8, 2019
- Apprehension, Processing, Care, and Custody of Alien Minors and Unaccompanied Alien Children — effective October 22, 2019
- Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds — effective October 15, 2019
- Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications — effective July 16, 2019
- Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection Claims — effective November 9, 2018
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Data updated October 14, 2026