The FY 2027 H-1B cap is full, and employment-based green card filers must use the current I-485 edition; EB-5 fees are scheduled to change November 30.

Current baseline as of November 4, 2026:

• USCIS says the FY 2027 H-1B regular and advanced-degree caps have been reached. USCIS notice
• The agency says it is complying with a court order vacating guidance implementing the $100,000 payment for certain H-1B petitions; litigation may change that position. USCIS notice
• Form I-485 filings postmarked or submitted online on or after September 18 must use edition 09/18/26; USCIS rejects the older editions. Form page
• A final EB-5 fee rule takes effect November 30; filings postmarked on or after that date must include the new applicable fees. Federal Register rule
• USCIS says a court vacated specified country-related adjudication hold policies agency-wide; a separate court order certified a defined class and enjoined two of those policies. Agency-wide order; class order.
• The electronic-filing rule allows future form-specific mandates after notice; it does not itself require all forms to be filed online. USCIS notice