# US visa forms to change from September 15, no grace period 2026-08-17T06:31:05+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will introduce revised versions of Form I-539 and Form I-765 from September 15, 2026. No grace period will be granted for outdated forms, and submissions using older editions after the deadline will be rejected outright, according to both timesnownews.com and hindustantimes.com. Form I-539, used by eligible non-immigrants to extend or change their status, and Form I-765, the application for an Employment Authorization Document, will each have a new edition dated 09/15/26. Hindustan Times reports the changes comply with a recently finalised USCIS regulation setting defined admission periods for academic students, exchange visitors, and foreign media representatives. The change is particularly relevant to Indian H-1B families and the hundreds of thousands of Indian international students in the US, many of whom hold F-1 visas and use these forms for optional practical training or status changes. Preview copies of the revised forms are available on the USCIS website, but must not be submitted before September 15. Applications postmarked before that date can still use the current versions. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T10:58:26+00:00. Tags: Form I-539, Form I-765, H-1B, USCIS Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-visa-rules-change-from-september-15-for-h-1b-families-students/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-visa-rules-change-from-september-15-for-h-1b-families-students/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/