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The announcement in January was the end of the process, not the start. Here is the timeline of that previous rule:

2021-02-02: President Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14012[0]

2021-04-19: Request for Public Input begins[1]

2021-05-19: Request for Public Input ends[2]

2023-10-23: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Comment period begins[3]

2023-12-11: Comment period ends

2024-01-30: Final Rulemaking announced[4]

2024-02-02: Regulations are published in federal register[5]

2024-03-06: Rules take effect

[0]https://www.federalregister.gov/executive-order/14012

[1]https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/19/2021-07...

[2]https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/26/C1-2021...

[3]https://www.regulations.gov/docket/USCIS-2023-0005/unified-a...

[4]https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-announces...

[5]https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/02/2024-01...



Also worth noting that today's rules, 89 FR 7456, and the previous one, 89 FR 103054, both derived from the same NPRM. Apparently, based on feedback they thought some parts of the rules needed more work than others and finalized them in two parts.




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