Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda
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This page provides access to various policy and procedural memoranda which gives guidance to USCIS adjudicators in their work of processing applications and petitions for immigration benefits while still protecting national security.
You can also find a listing of memoranda by subject to the right.
ATTENTION: Policy memos that have been partially or fully superseded by the USCIS Policy Manual have been stamped and republished. If you have bookmarked affected memo PDF files, you will now see the updated stamped version of the memo indicating that you should visit www.uscis.gov/policymanual for current policy.
This page can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/memoranda
June 2009
Implementation of the District Court's Order in Ruiz-Diaz v. United States, No. C07-1881RSL (W.D. Wash. June 11, 2009) (70KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
06/25/2009
Publication of the final rules: H-2A Agricultural Temporary Worker and H-2B Nonagricultural Temporary Worker; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM), Chapters 31.4 and 31.5; Appendix 31-4 (AFM Update AD) (135KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld
Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
06/24/2009
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Regarding Certain Alien Physicians
Chapter 22.2(b) General Form I-140 Issues (AFM Update AD09-10) (95KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
06/17/2009
EB-5 Alien Entrepreneurs - Job Creation and Full-Time Positions (AFM Update AD 09-04) (79KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
06/17/2009
Guidance Regarding Surviving Spouses of Deceased U.S. Citizens and their Children ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director,Office of Domestic Operations
06/15/2009
Clarification of evidence required to satisfy the U.S. interest requirement for beneficiaries from countries not listed on the H-2A or H-2B Eligible Countries List (52KB PDF)
Barbara Q Velarde, Chief Service Center Operations
06/01/2009
May 2009
Requirements for H-1B Beneficiaries Seeking to Practice in a Health Care Occupation (64KB PDF)
Barbara Q. Velarde, Chief, Service Center Operations
05/20/2009
Adjudicating Forms I-212 for Aliens Inadmissible Under Section 212(a)(9)(C) or Subject to Reinstatement Under Section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in light of Gonzalez v DHS, 508 F.3d.1227 (9th Cir. 2007) ( PDF)
Michael Aytes, Acting Deputy Director
05/19/2009
Petitions File by Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc. [...] Pursuant to Sections 204 and 214(c) of the Act (62KB PDF)
Barbara Q. Velarde
Chief, Service Center Operations
05/11/2009
Organizations Ineligible for Approval of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Petitions Under Section 212(n)(2)(C)(i) and (ii) of the Act (85KB PDF)
Barbara Q. Velarde
Chief, Service Center Operations
05/11/2009
Consolidation of Guidance Concerning Unlawful Presence for Purposes of Sections 212(a)(9)(B)(i) and 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Act (2970KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations Directorate
Lori Scialabba, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate
05/06/2009
April 2009
I-751 Filed Prior to Termination of Marriage (155KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations Directorate
04/03/2009
March 2009
Implementation of Statutory Change Providing USCIS with Initial Jurisdiction over Asylum Applications Filed by Unaccompanied Alien Children (75KB PDF)
Joseph E. Langlois, Chief, Asylum
03/25/2009
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Provisions (67KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
Pearl Chang, Acting Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
03/24/2009
Guidance on Revisions to CDC's Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons and Form I-693 (838KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
Pearl Chang, Acting Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
03/19/2009
Procedures for Applying Authorized Period of Stay for P-1 Individual Athletes (349KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
03/06/2009
Section 212 (a)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Illegal Entrants and Immigration Violators, Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) to Include a New Chapter 40.6 (AFM Update AD07-18) (2220KB PDF)
Lori Scialabba, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum & International Operations Directorate
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations Directorate
Pearl Chang, Acting Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
03/03/2009
February 2009
Revised Guidance on the Adjudication of Cases involving Terrorist-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Amendment to the Hold Policy for such Cases (60KB PDF)
Michael Aytes, Acting Deputy Director
02/13/2009
National Security Adjudication and Reporting Requirements-Update (92KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
02/09/2009
January 2009
Guidance Regarding Petitioners for U Nonimmigrant Status with More Than 3 Years in U Interim Relief Status (114KB PDF)
Carlos Iturregui, Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
Donald Neufeld, Associate Director, Domestic Operations
01/15/2009
Adjudication of Petitions and Applications Filed by or on Behalf of Transsexual Individuals Revisons to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Subchapter 21.3 (AFM Update AD09-03) ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld Acting Associate
Lori Scialabba, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum and International Operations
Carlos Iturregui, Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
01/14/2009
December 2008
Initial Information Concerning the Child Soldiers Accountability Act, Public Law No. 110-340 (60KB PDF)
Lori Scialabba, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum and International Operations
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
12/31/2008
Revised Credible Fear Quality Assurance Review Categories and Procedures (77KB PDF)
Joseph E. Langlois, Chief, Asylum Division
12/23/2008
October 2008
Intercountry adoption under the Hague Adoption Convention and the USCIS Hague Adoption Convention rule at 8 CFR 204, 213a and 322 (99KB PDF)
Lori Scialabba, Associate Director Refugee Asylum International Operations
Don Neufeld Acting Associate Director Domestic Operations
10/31/2008
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