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Earlier this month, USCIS quietly announced a 30-day grace period for older versions of immigration forms after being sued by immigration attorneys. Here's what happened: USCIS dropped new versions of critical forms (including I-485 for green cards and N-400 for citizenship) with zero notice and immediately made them mandatory. No transition period. No warning. Just "surprise, your application is rejected!" This affects lives just because of an administrative hiccup. So what changed? Under the new administration, official forms now replace "noncitizen" with "alien" and restrict gender options to just "male" and "female." What this means for you: - If you submitted forms in the past few weeks, USCIS will now accept them even if you used the previous versions. - If you're preparing applications now, you have about 30 days from when each form was released (roughly until early April) to use old versions. - If you identify as nonbinary or transgender, to avoid rejection, select what’s closest to your legal documents.
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2wRubio quietly changed regs so they don’t have to do notice and comment anymore for immigration policy changes