Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS Issues Reminder on New H-1B Final Rule, H-2 Final Rule, and Revised Form I-129
1/15/25
AILA Doc. No. 25011700.
Business Immigration, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation, H-2A Agricultural Worker, H-2B Temporary Worker
USCIS reminds stakeholders that DHS's H-1B final rule and H-2 final rule take effect on 1/17/25. USCIS will also publish a revised Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (edition date 01/17/25) on 1/17/25. The 01/17/25 edition of the Form I-129 goes into effect on 1/17/25 with no grace period.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 25011700.
Related Resources
- DHS Final Rule on Modernizing the H-1B Program (89 FR 103054, 12/18/24)
- DHS Final Rule on Modernizing the H-2 Programs (89 FR 103202, 12/18/24)
- Practice Alert: H-2 Related Changes to the Revised Form I-129
- USCIS to Release Revised Form I-129