Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Electronic Filing

What it does

The Executive Office for Immigration Review ("EOIR") is implementing electronic filing and records applications for all cases before the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer ("OCAHO"). This interim final rule ("IFR") updates the relevant regulations necessary to implement these electronic filing and records applications, including by requiring certain users to file documents electronically and changing service of process methods. This IFR also includes several additional minor changes to OCAHO's rules of practice and procedure to clarify and improve upon the existing regulatory language.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

28 CFR 68

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Executive Office for Immigration Review has published 5 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1125-AB23 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective date: This IFR is effective March 2, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EOIR-2026-0034 on Regulations.gov
• Title 28 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register