Agency Memos & Announcements

USCIS Policy Alert on NGO Voter Registration Services at Naturalization Ceremonies

8/31/26 AILA Doc. No. 26090261. Naturalization & Citizenship

USCIS issued a policy alert (PA-2026-11) to rescind PA-2025-21 and reinstate earlier Policy Manual guidance allowing nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations to distribute and collect voter registration applications and register new citizens to vote at administrative naturalization ceremonies. Feedback is due 10/1/26.

Note that PA-2026-08, issued 8/12/26, reinstated this guidance on a temporary basis.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 26090261.
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