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USCIS Policy Manual

Current as of January 16, 2020

Volume 7 - Adjustment of Status

Part L - Refugee Adjustment

Policy Manual

Part L - Refugee Adjustment

Guidance
Resources
Appendices
Updates

Legal Authorities

INA 101(a)(42) - Definition of refugee

INA 207, 8 CFR 207 - Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugees

INA 209, 8 CFR 209 - Adjustment of status of refugees and asylees

INA 212(a) - Excludable aliens; classes of aliens ineligible for visas or admission

INA 237(a) - Deportable aliens; classes of deportable aliens

Pub. L. 96-212 - Refugee Act of 1980

Forms

AR-11, Change of Address

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

G-325A, Biographic Information

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

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

I-589, Application for Asylum or Withholding of Removal

I-602, Application by Refugee for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability

I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record

I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition

I-864W, Intending Immigrant's Affidavit of Support Exemption

Appendices

No appendices available at this time.

Technical Update - Replacing the Term “Foreign National”

October 08, 2019

This technical update replaces all instances of the term “foreign national” with “alien” throughout the Policy Manual as used to refer to a person who meets the definition provided in INA 101(a)(3) [“any person not a citizen or national of the United States”].

AFFECTED SECTIONS

1 USCIS-PM - Volume 1 - General Policies and Procedures

2 USCIS-PM - Volume 2 - Nonimmigrants

6 USCIS-PM - Volume 6 - Immigrants

7 USCIS-PM - Volume 7 - Adjustment of Status

8 USCIS-PM - Volume 8 - Admissibility

9 USCIS-PM - Volume 9 - Waivers

10 USCIS-PM - Volume 10 - Employment Authorization

11 USCIS-PM - Volume 11 - Travel and Identity Documents

12 USCIS-PM - Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization

POLICY ALERT - Use of Form G-325A

October 25, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to remove references to Biographic Information (Form G-325A).

AFFECTED SECTIONS

7 USCIS-PM A - Part A - Adjustment of Status Policies and Procedures

7 USCIS-PM B - Part B - 245(a) Adjustment

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

7 USCIS-PM L - Part L - Refugee Adjustment

7 USCIS-PM M - Part M - Asylee Adjustment

7 USCIS-PM O - Part O - Registration

POLICY ALERT - Removing Obsolete Form I-643 from Filing Requirements for Certain Adjustment Applications

June 22, 2016

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to remove obsolete Form I-643, Health and Human Services Statistical Data for Refugee/Asylee Adjusting Status, from the filing requirements for applications for adjustment of status under section 209 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

AFFECTED SECTIONS

7 USCIS-PM L.4 - Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence

POLICY ALERT - Refugee and Asylee-Based Adjustment of Status under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 209

March 04, 2014

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address adjustment of status applications filed by refugees and asylees under INA sections 209(a) and 209(b).

AFFECTED SECTIONS

7 USCIS-PM L - Part L - Refugee Adjustment

7 USCIS-PM M - Part M - Asylee Adjustment

Current as of January 16, 2020