Removing 30-Day Refugee Termination Notice

What it does

This interim final rule (IFR) amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to expedite termination of refugee status when DHS determines an alien was not a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act at the time of admission to the United States. The response period to a Notice of Intent to Terminate (NOIT) is reduced from thirty to ten days. These changes aim to restore integrity to the immigration system, mitigate risks to national security and public safety, and prevent fraud and exploitation.

The Homeland Security Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

8 CFR 207

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

Compared with

The Homeland Security Department has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 16 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 1615-AD23 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This IFR is effective on October 14, 2026. Written comments and related materials must be submitted on or before November 13, 2026. The electronic Federal Docket Management System will accept comments prior to midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCIS-2026-0397 on Regulations.gov
• Title 8 on eCFR

The record as published

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