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USCIS Policy Manual
Current as of
Volume 6 - Immigrants
Policy Manual

Volume 6 - Immigrants

8 CFR 103.3 - Denials, appeals, and precedent decisions

8 CFR 103.5 - Reopening or reconsideration

8 CFR 205.1(a)(3)(iv) - Reasons for automatic revocation

8 CFR 205.2 - Revocation on notice

8 CFR 216.3 - Termination of conditional permanent resident status

INA 101(a)(27)(J), 8 CFR 204.11 - Special immigrant juveniles

INA 101(b) - Definition of child

INA 203(b)(4) - Certain special immigrants

INA 203(b)(5), 8 CFR 204.6 - Employment creation immigrants

INA 204(a)(1)(G)(i) - Petitioning procedure

INA 216A, 8 CFR 216.6 - Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, and children

INA 245(h) - Adjustment of special immigrant juveniles

INA 287(h) - Protecting abused juveniles

Pub. L. 102-395 - Section 610 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1993

Forms

AR-11, Change of Address

G-28, Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative

I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)

I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion

I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant

I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur

I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status

I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

I-924, Application For Regional Center Under the Immigrant Investor Program

I-924A, Annual Certification of Regional Center (Supplement to Form I-924)

Appendices


No appendices available at this time.

POLICY ALERT - Immigrant Investors and Debt Arrangements

October 30, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify its policy on debt arrangements.

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6 USCIS-PM G.2 - Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements

 

POLICY ALERT - Geographic Area of a Regional Center

August 24, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding a regional center’s geographic area, requests to expand the geographic area, and how such requests impact the filing of Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur.

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6 USCIS-PM G - Part G - Investors

 

Technical Update - Rescinding Tenant-Occupancy Methodology

July 26, 2018

This technical update clarifies that the rescission of the policy regarding the tenant-occupancy methodology does not affect petitions pending on May 15, 2018 (the date USCIS announced the rescission).

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6 USCIS-PM G.2 - Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements

 

POLICY ALERT - Rescinding Tenant-Occupancy Methodology

May 15, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect that, as of May 15, 2018, USCIS no longer considers tenant occupancy to be a reasonable methodology to support economically or statistically valid forecasting tools.

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6 USCIS-PM G.2 - Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements

 

POLICY ALERT - Documentation of Conditional Resident Status for Investors with a Pending Form I-829

May 02, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance regarding the documentation of conditional permanent resident (CPR) status for employment-based fifth preference (EB-5) immigrants.

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6 USCIS-PM G.5 - Chapter 5 - Removal of Conditions

 

POLICY ALERT - Job Creation and Capital At Risk Requirements for Investors

June 14, 2017

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to provide further guidance regarding the job creation and capital at risk requirements for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status.

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6 USCIS-PM G - Part G - Investors

 

POLICY ALERT - Employment-Based Fifth Preference Immigrants: Investors

November 30, 2016

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the eligibility requirements for regional centers and immigrant investors.

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6 USCIS-PM G - Part G - Investors

 

POLICY ALERT - Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification and Special Immigrant-Based Adjustment of Status

October 26, 2016

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) classification and special immigrant-based (EB-4) adjustment of status, including adjustment based on classification as a special immigrant religious worker, SIJ, and G-4 international organization or NATO-6 employee or family member, among others.

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6 USCIS-PM J - Part J - Special Immigrant Juveniles
7 USCIS-PM F - Part F - Special Immigrant-Based (EB-4) Adjustment

 
Current as of
  • Part A - Immigrant Policies and Procedures
  • Part B - Family-Based Immigrants
  • Part C - International Orphans and Adoptees
  • Part D - Immigrants Filing Under Violence Against Women Act
  • Part E - Employment-Based Immigration
  • Part F - Employment-Based Classifications
  • Part G - Investors
  • Part H - Designated and Special Immigrants
  • Part I - Family-Based Conditional Permanent Residents
  • Part J - Special Immigrant Juveniles
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