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ATTENTION: Policy memos that have been partially or fully superseded by the USCIS Policy Manual have been stamped and republished.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
July 2010
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008: Changes to T and U Nonimmigrant Status and Adjustment of Status Provisions; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 23.5 and 39 (AFM Update AD10-38) ( PDF)
07/21/2010
Clarifying Guidance on "O" Petition Validity Period Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 33.4(e)(2) AFM Update AD10-36 ( PDF)
07/20/2010
June 2010
Extension of U Nonimmigrant Status for Derivative Family Members Using the Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (Form I-539) Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM), New Chapter 39.1 (g)(2)(i)(AFM Update AD10-08) ( PDF)
06/22/2010
March 2010
Clarifying Guidance on Adjudicating Reciprocal Exchange AgreementsRevisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 33.6(d) AFM Update AD10-28 ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Associate Director, Service Center Operations
03/11/2010
Notification of Ramos v. Holder; Former Gang Membership as a Potential Particular Social Group in the Seventh Circuit ( PDF)
Joseph E. Langlois, Chief, Asylum Division
03/02/2010
January 2010
Numerical Limitation Exemption for H Nonimmigrants Employed in the CNMI and Guam ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld Acting Associate Director, Service Center Operations, Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM), Chapters 31.3 and 31.5
01/29/2010
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Adjudications involving New York traffic infractions or New York violations (569KB PDF)
01/17/2010
Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third-Party Site Placements ( PDF)
Additions to Officer's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 31.3(g)(15)(AFM Update AD 10-24)
01/08/2010
December 2009
Changes to the Vaccination Requirements for Purposes of Adjustment of Status and the Completion of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record ( PDF)
12/15/2009
Adjudication of EB 5 Regional Center Proposals and Affiliated Form I 526 and Form I 829 Petitions; Adjudicators Field Manual (AFM) Update to Chapters 22.4 and 25.2 (AD09-38) ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
12/11/2009
Additional Guidance Regarding Surviving Spouses of Deceased U.S. Citizens and their Children ( PDF)
12/02/2009
November 2009
Public Law 110-293, 42 CFR 34.2(b), and Inadmissibility Due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection ( PDF)
Lori Scialabba, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum & International Operations Directorate; Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations; Pearl Chang, Acting Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
11/24/2009
Effect of the CNRA, Title VII of Public Law 110-229, Classification of Aliens under Section 101(a)(15)(L) and 203(b)(1)(C). Chapter 36.8 Added to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM Update AD10-02) ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld/s/, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
11/23/2009
Requirements for Agents and Sponsors Filing as Petitioners for the O and P Visa Classifications ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
11/20/2009
Temporary Acceptance of H-1B Petitions without Department of Labor Certified Labor Condition Application ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
11/05/2009
October 2009
Adjudication of Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence Where the CPR Has a Final Order of Removal, Is in Removal Proceedings, or Has Filed an Unexcused Untimely Petition or Multiple Petitions ( PDF)
Additions to Adjudicator's Field Manual, Chapter 25.1(g)(6) and 25.1(h)(4) and Appendix XXXX (AFM Update AD09-48)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
10/09/2009
September 2009
Public Law 110-293, 42 CFR 34.2(b), and Inadmissibility Due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection ( PDF)
Lori Scialabba, Refugee, Asylum & International Operations Directorate
Donald Neufeld, Domestic Operations
Pearl Chang, Office of Policy and Strategy
09/15/2009
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM). Chapter 22.2(b) General Form I-140 Issues (AFM Update AD07-26) ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations
09/14/2009
August 2009
Field Guidance for Adjudicating Form I-817 (Application for Family Unity Benefits) under Hernandez v. Reno, 91 F.3d 776 (5th Cir. 1996) Director Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 24.4(d)(1)(AFM Update AD09-11) (178KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Domestic Operations
08/26/2009
Successor-in-Interest Determinations in Adjudication of Form I-140 Petitions; Adjudicators Field Manual (AFM) Update to Chapter 22.2(b)(5)(AD09-37) ( PDF)
FROM: Don Neufeld
08/06/2009
Clarifying Guidance on the Implementation of the District Court's Order in Ruiz-Diaz v. United States, No. C07-1881RSL (W.D. Wash. June 11, 2009) (253KB PDF)
Signed Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, August 5, 2009
08/05/2009
July 2009
Procedures for Applying the Period of Authorized Stay for P-1S Nonimmigrant Individual Athletes' Essential Support Personnel (52KB PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director Domestic Operations
07/14/2009
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
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