ImmigrationLayer

Returns the edition of one USCIS form that USCIS accepts today, with its accept-from and reject-from dates. Use it to confirm a filer has the right form version before filing. 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-13

Lists every form edition change and every USCIS or Federal Register alert published on or after a date, newest first. 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 all matches in one response with no paging; empty lists mean nothing changed. Free, no sign-in required. Limit: 20 ca

Returns the general filing fee for a USCIS form and filing method, in US cents, with the date it took effect. Use it when the user asks what a form costs to file. Only the general fee is on file: category-specific fees are unavailable, so omit category. 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 the form's current edition, use

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 how long USCIS takes to decide a form. 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 re

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 bull

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

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.

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