Fact Sheets
Learn about changes in fees, eligibility for fee waivers, and reduced fees for Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
USCIS is committed to providing more information on the eligible to naturalize population. This fact sheet provides information on select characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status, also known as Green Card holders in New Orleans-Metairie, LA.
The United States has a long history of welcoming immigrants from all parts of the world. During the last decade, USCIS welcomed more than 7.7 million naturalized citizens into the fabric of our nation.
This factsheet provides historical national median processing time (in months) for all USCIS offices for select forms for fiscal years 2016 – 2024.
USCIS is committed to providing more information on the eligible to naturalize population. This fact sheet provides information on select characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status, also known as Green Card holders in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.
USCIS is committed to providing more information on the eligible to naturalize population. This fact sheet provides information on select characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status, also known as Green Card holders in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
USCIS is committed to providing more information on the eligible to naturalize population. This fact sheet provides information on select characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status, also known as Green Card holders in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
In January 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy guidance to clarify how certain professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can demonstrate eligibility for (a) the National Interest Waiver (NIW) in an employment-based immigrant status (EB-2), and (b) nonimmigrant status for individuals of extraordinary ability (O-1A). This fact sheet highlights data trends in these categories during Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and FY 2023 compared with fiscal years prior to the policy guidance change. These trends include an increase in receipts of EB-2 petitions from FY 2022 to FY 2023 and increases in National Interest Waiver use and O-1A petition receipts.
Foreign students and other nonimmigrants obtaining certain skills may change the purpose of their visit while in the United States. To do this, they must file a request with USCIS to change their nonimmigrant status. This is called seeking a Change of Status. This fact sheet shows the nonimmigrant categories to which some F-1, F-2, H-4, J-1, and J-2 nonimmigrants have transitioned.
Learn How To Apply for Work Authorization in the United States - QR codes for information in the following languages: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, and Ukrainian.
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