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Exception to the Two-Year Custody and Two-Year Residency Requirement for Abused Adopted Children: USCIS Policy Memo

July 17, 2014 (1 min read)

"This policy memorandum (PM) provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers in adjudicating Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er) or Special Immigrant, filed by a self-petitioning adopted child, when the adopted child has been battered or abused." - USCIS, July 14, 2014.