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Rebecca Montecinos

USCIS Green Card, Work Permit Forms Change in September; The Filing Trap Immigrants Can't Afford to Miss

Immigrant Children Sworn In At Florida Naturalization Ceremony (Credit: by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants working toward a green card, a nonimmigrant status extension or a work permit are facing a paperwork trap this fall: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is swapping out three of its most heavily filed forms on two separate dates, and the agency has said flatly it will not accept the outgoing versions once the clock runs out.

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