USCIS Class Action, Settlement Notices and Agreements

This message is intended to notify you of the final class settlement in Dong, et al. v. Johnson, et al., No. 2:17-2092-ES-JSA (D.N.J. filed 3/30/2017). For more details, you may access the final settlement agreement. IF YOU FILE ANY FORM WITH USCIS UNDER THIS SETTLEMENT YOU MUST EMAIL USCIS AT DongSettlementFiling@uscis.dhs.gov TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A CLASS MEMBER. INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME, RECEIPT NUMBER, AND, IF ANY, A-NUMBER

Due to a Feb. 7, 2022, decision in Asylumworks v. Mayorkas, we are reverting to the provisions of 8 CFR §§ 208 and 274a that were in place before 2 final rules took effect in August 2020. The rules governed asylum applications, interviews, and employment authorization eligibility in the (c)(8) category (based on pending asylum applications). This change applies to adjudications of Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, that were pending with USCIS as of Feb. 8, 2022, or received on or after that date.

This notice is intended to notify you of the final approval and order in W.A.O. v. Jaddou, No. 2:19-cv-11696 (D.N.J.).

This notice provides information about the preliminary injunction orders issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas, Case No. 17-02366 (S.D. Cal.)

If you have applied for an initial Employment Authorization Document (EAD) based on a pending asylum application, you may be eligible to have your EAD processed within 30 days.

This notice is intended to inform you of the proposed settlement in W.A.O. v. Jaddou, No. 2:19-cv-11696 (D.N.J.). W.A.O. v. Jaddou is a class action that was filed in federal court in New Jersey in 2019. For more details, you may access the Notice of Proposed Settlement.

This Notice is intended to inform you that certain natives or citizens of Cuba who are “arriving aliens” and who were denied adjustment of status under the Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA) based solely on a determination that they had not met their burden of establishing that they had been admitted or paroled may file a new Form I-485, a timely Form I-290B, or, for a period of one year from the date of this Notice, an untimely Form I-290B with USCIS if they meet all of the qualifying criteria listed in the Notice.

This message is intended to inform you of the proposed class settlement in Dong, et al. v. Johnson, et al., No. 2:17-2092-ES-JSA (D.N.J. filed 3/30/2017), a lawsuit that involves the University of Northern New Jersey. You may access the Notice above. AFTER THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT IS APPROVED, IF YOU FILE ANY FORM WITH USCIS UNDER THIS SETTLEMENT YOU MUST EMAIL USCIS AT DongSettlementFiling@uscis.dhs.gov TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A CLASS MEMBER. INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME, RECEIPT NUMBER, AND, IF ANY, A-NUMBER.