{
  "id": 2397058,
  "title": "US green card applicants alert: New Form I-485 takes effect from September 18 — All you need to know about it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/us-green-card-applicants-alert-new-form-i-485-takes-effect-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:09:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/us-green-card-applicants-alert-new-form-i-485-takes-effect-from-september-18-all-you-need-to-know-about-it-11787320121414.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that a new version of Form I-485, the green card application form, will take effect on September 18. Applicants who submitted the previous version of the form will no longer be accepted starting from that date, according to PTI. The revision comes with new public charge regulations that will impact immigration status adjustments. USCIS released a preview of the updated form to help applicants prepare for the change, as no grace period will be provided for the transition.",
  "summary": "USCIS will introduce a revised Form I-485 for green card applications next month, rejecting older versions postmarked after September 18.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}