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Returns the edition of one USCIS form that USCIS accepts today, with its accept-from and reject-from dates. Use it to check which edition of a form USCIS accepts, with the date of that answer. If USCIS has announced a newer edition it does not accept yet, announced_edition gives that edition and its accept-from date. For edition changes across all forms since a date, use list_form_changes. Covers I-90, I-129, I-130, I-131, I-140, I-485, I-539, I-765, and N-400; any other form returns not_found. Free, no sign-in required. Limit: 20 calls per minute per IP, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Source: the form's page on uscis.gov, or a dated web.archive.org capture of that page.

Lists the form edition changes and the USCIS newsroom and Federal Register alerts ImmigrationLayer has recorded on or after a date, newest first. Edition changes cover the forms check_form_edition lists. Use it to catch up on what changed since a last check. For one form's current edition, use check_form_edition. To find alerts by keyword, use search_alerts. Returns at most 100 form edition changes and 100 alerts per page. Pass next_cursor as cursor, with the same since, to continue until next_cursor is null. Empty lists on the first page mean nothing was recorded since that date. Free, no sign-in required. Limit: 20 calls per minute per IP, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Sources: uscis.gov form pages or dated web.archive.org captures of them, USCIS newsroom alerts, and Federal Register notices. The top-level source URL identifies the exact aggregate query, including the page cursor. Each alert and form change keeps its own source URL and content hash.

Returns a published government fee and its effective date. For US (the default), the general filing fee for a USCIS form and filing method; category-specific US fees are unavailable, so omit category. US covers I-90, I-130, I-140, I-485, I-539, I-765, and N-400, paper and online; any other form returns not_found. For GB, the fee for a published Home Office fee category; pass the section heading as category when the name appears in more than one section. amount_cents is in the minor unit of currency. filing is "unspecified" when the source states no filing channel. It does not say which fee applies to a case. For a USCIS form's current edition, use check_form_edition. Requires sign-in at https://immigrationlayer.com/login and an active plan. Without a plan it returns subscription_required. Limit: 30 calls per minute per account, shared by all paid tools, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Sources: for US, the USCIS fee schedule (Form G-1055) and the 2024 USCIS fee rule (89 FR 6194); for GB, the Home Office visa regulations revised table on gov.uk, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Returns the USCIS processing-time estimate for one form, eligibility category, and office: the time within which 80% of cases were completed, in months, weeks, or days. Use it when the user asks for USCIS's published processing time for a form. It reports past completions, not how long a given case will take. Pass form, category, and office exactly as the USCIS processing times tool lists them. Every estimate on file has both a category and an office, so omitting either returns not_found. For Visa Bulletin waits, use get_visa_bulletin. Requires sign-in at https://immigrationlayer.com/login and an active plan. Without a plan it returns subscription_required. Limit: 30 calls per minute per account, shared by all paid tools, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Source: the USCIS processing times tool (egov.uscis.gov).

Returns one family- or employment-based cutoff from a month's State Department Visa Bulletin: the Final Action Date or Date for Filing for a preference category and chargeability country. Use it when the user asks whether a priority date is current. date_or_status is a YYYY-MM-DD cutoff, "C" (current), or "U" (unavailable). For Diversity Visa lottery cutoffs, use get_visa_bulletin_dv. For the bulletin's advisory notes on future movement, use get_visa_bulletin_notes. A month or combination not on file returns not_found. Requires sign-in at https://immigrationlayer.com/login and an active plan. Without a plan it returns subscription_required. Limit: 30 calls per minute per account, shared by all paid tools, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Source: the Department of State Visa Bulletin (travel.state.gov).

Searches USCIS newsroom alerts and Federal Register notices by keyword, newest first. Use it to find announcements about a form or topic, e.g. "I-765" or "fee". To list everything published since a date without a keyword, use list_form_changes, which is free. Returns at most 100 matches per page. Pass next_cursor as cursor to continue until next_cursor is null. No match returns an empty list, not an error. Requires sign-in at https://immigrationlayer.com/login and an active plan. Without a plan it returns subscription_required. Limit: 30 calls per minute per account, shared by all paid tools, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Sources: USCIS newsroom alerts and Federal Register notices. The top-level source URL identifies the exact aggregate query, including the page cursor; each result preserves its government URL, source, and content hash.

Returns the Diversity Visa (DV lottery) rank cutoff for one region in a month's Visa Bulletin, or a country exception the bulletin lists within that region. Use it when a DV selectee asks whether their case number is current. For family and employment chart dates, use get_visa_bulletin. For the bulletin's advisory notes, use get_visa_bulletin_notes. A month or region not on file returns not_found. Free, no sign-in required. Limit: 20 calls per minute per IP, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Source: the Department of State Visa Bulletin (travel.state.gov).

Returns every lettered advisory note in a month's Visa Bulletin: the forward-looking text, e.g. "EB-1 India may become unavailable". Use it when the user asks whether dates are expected to advance, hold, or retrogress. For the chart dates themselves, use get_visa_bulletin or get_visa_bulletin_dv. An empty list means the month was loaded and had no notes; a month not on file returns not_found. Free, no sign-in required. Limit: 20 calls per minute per IP, then rate_limited. Not legal advice. Source: the Department of State Visa Bulletin (travel.state.gov).