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ATTENTION: Policy memos that have been partially or fully superseded by the USCIS Policy Manual have been stamped and republished.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
April 2011
Final Policy Memorandum: PM-602-0023 (Dec. 21, 2010) Issuance of Advance Parole Employment Authorization Document; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 54.2(b), 54.3(d)(3), 54.3(e) (h), and 55.3, and addition of Appendices 55-4, 55-5, 55 (108KB PDF)
04/05/2011
Implementation of The Special Immigrant Juvenile Perez-Olano Settlement Agreement (58KB PDF)
04/05/2011
Implementation of the Help HAITI Act of 2010 (55KB PDF)
04/04/2011
March 2011
Fee Waiver Guidelines as Established by the Final Rule of the USCIS Fee Schedule; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 10.9 (AFM Update AD11-26) (78KB PDF)
03/13/2011
February 2011
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) For the Receipt of Military-Type Training Under Duress ( PDF)
02/23/2011
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) For the Solicitation of Funds or Members under Duress (1918KB PDF)
02/23/2011
Issuance of Advance Parole Employment Authorization Document; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 54.2(b), 54.3(d)(3), 54.3(e) (h), and 55.3, and addition of Appendices 55-4, 55-5, 55-6, and 55-7 (AFM Update AD07- 27) (191KB PDF)
02/11/2011
January 2011
Notice to Applicants and Petitioners Concerning Ability to File Motions to Reopen or Reconsider; Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 10.7; AFM Update AD11-09 (327KB PDF)
01/31/2011
Temporary Protected Status Adjudications Involving "No Jail" or "No Incarceration" Certifications, and Reminders for Cases Involving Certain Potential Misdemeanors (44KB PDF)
Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 38.1 (e) (12) AFM Update AD11-21
01/21/2011
Implementation of Provisions of Public Law 111-230 Instituting Increased Fees for Certain H-1B and L-1 Petitions and Applications (96KB PDF)
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 31.1(b), 31.3(h), 32.3(a), and 32.4(a); AFM Update AD11-19
01/18/2011
Adjudication of Adjustment of Status Applications from Aliens Present in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on or after November 28, 2009. Addition of Chapter 36.3 to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM); AFM Update AD10-19 (308KB PDF)
01/14/2011
Instructions for Handling Regressed Visa Number (Employment-Based and Family-Based) Adjustment of Status Cases Interviewed at USCIS Field Offices; Revision to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 20.1 (e) (AFM Update AD 11-02) (415KB PDF)
01/11/2011
Approval of Petitions and Applications after the Death of the Qualifying Relative under New Section 204(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (102KB PDF)
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM): New Chapter 10.21 and an Amendment to Chapter 21.2(h)(1)(C) (AFM Update AD-10-51)
01/07/2011
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns the Permanent Injunction Issued by the District Court in Ruiz Diaz v. United States, No. 09 35734 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2010) (59KB PDF)
Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 22.3(b)(1), AFM Update AD11-01
01/06/2011
Implementation of the Help HAITI Act of 2010 (87KB PDF)
01/03/2011
December 2010
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) For Material Support to the All India Sikh Students Federation-Bittu Faction (AISSF-Bittu) Memo (61KB PDF)
12/29/2010
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) For Activities and Associations Relating to the All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) Memo (65KB PDF)
12/29/2010
Evaluation of Evidence Submitted with Certain Form I-140 Petitions (138KB PDF)
Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 22.2, AFM Update AD11-14
12/22/2010
Model Plan for Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies; Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Update AD 10-53 ( PDF)
12/20/2010
Revocation of VAWA-Based Self-Petitions (Forms I-360) (63KB PDF)
AFM Update AD10-49
12/15/2010
Waivers of Inadmissibility and Grants of Status for Certain Aliens Seeking Nonimmigrant Status in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); Addition to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 36.4 (61KB PDF)
12/14/2010
November 2010
Fee Waiver Guidelines as Established by the Final Rule of the USCIS Fee Schedule; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 10.9 (AFM Update AD11-05) (111KB PDF)
11/22/2010
October 2010
Implementation of Provisions of Public Law 111-230 Instituting Increased Fees for Certain H-1B and L-1 Petitions and Applications (AFM Update AD10-48) (147KB PDF)
10/07/2010
September 2010
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 22.3 (AFM Update AD10-24): Special Immigrant Visas under Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (185KB PDF)
09/20/2010
Validity of Puerto Rico Birth Certificates as Evidence (AFM Update AD10-43) (163KB PDF)
09/20/2010
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