USCIS Policy Manual Update
USCIS is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the Child Status Protection Act. The Policy Alert is available here:
USCIS is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the Child Status Protection Act. The Policy Alert is available here:
E Visa company registrations - It is advisable for “E” visa companies to update “registration” files at post every year although there is no specific regulation.
Following-to-Join for adjustment cases - An applicant who is the principal alien and whose spouse or child now needs to follow to join can now continue to deal directly with posts in paths:
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. Immigrant visa at the same post as the one where the following-to-join will process;
Release Date 11/13/2020
USCIS is clarifying existing guidance on the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in the USCIS Policy Manual to address:
Release Date
02/14/2023
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update when an immigrant visa number “becomes available” for the purpose of calculating a noncitizen’s age in certain situations under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).
Release Date
09/25/2024
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the Policy Manual (Volume 7, Part A, Chapter 7), to clarify how to calculate the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) age for noncitizens who demonstrate extraordinary circumstances.
The updated guidance: