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Issue Date November 19, 2018 Issue Name Fall 2018

International Services Update


Due to an HHS-wide change of financial institutions, the Division of International Services (DIS) is unable to issue filing fees for U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) through November 29, 2018. This suspension primarily impacts Visiting Program Participants seeking change to or extension of H-1B status.

Any cases that DIS was unable to process by November 8, 2018 will not be submitted to USCIS until November 30, 2018

Since this delay is attributable to an HHS-wide conversion, DIS is unable to make any exceptions.

As a reminder, DIS publishes all internal processing times on our website. If you have any questions, please contact DIS.

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