"Following consultations with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, I hereby conclude, as a matter of discretion in accordance with the authority granted to me by section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182...
Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver Process "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites interested stakeholders to participate in a teleconference on Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:30 pm (Eastern) to discuss the process of applying...
"On March 21-22, CLINIC conducted a two-day training in Omaha on recognizing grounds of inadmissibility and filing effective waivers. On the second day, officials from the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) gave a presentation on the centralized filing and adjudication...
" We are now days away from the launch of the provisional waiver process, a White House initiative that will permit immediate relatives of U.S. citizens to stay in the country while immigration officials process their waivers for the unlawful presence bars...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sent this bulletin at 02/19/2013 12:57 PM EST - Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 1 p.m. (Eastern) Dear Stakeholder, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State invite you to participate...
"The issue in this case is whether a section 237(a)(1)(H) waiver is available to aliens who adjust their status within the United States. Here, the respondent seeks to waive the fraud she committed at the time ofher adjustment of status to that of a lawful...
"One year ago, a previous post on this blog by Cyrus Mehta and this author discussed the issuance by USCIS of a proposed rule allowing certain applicants for a waiver of the 3- or 10-year bars to obtain such a waiver on a provisional basis before departing...
"On April 2, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule to amend its regulations to allow certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are physically present in the United States to request provisional unlawful presence...
Scott D. Pollock writes: "Here is a nice decision we got from the AAO that overturns a previous denial of an I-601 for both 212(a)(9)(B) and 212(i) waivers. The qualifying relative U.S. citizen husband is an entrepreneur who is engaged in expanding his network...
"It remains to be seen whether the expanded IWP will improve the processing of H-1B and L visa applications." - Cyrus D. Mehta, Nov. 25, 2012 .
Russell R. Abrutyn writes: "I thought your readers might be interested in this AAO 212(i) hardship waiver decision. The qualifying relatives were the applicant’s parents but the family member with the most significant hardship was the applicant’s niece. ...
"The final rule is expected to be published in the Federal Register by the end of this calendar year." - USCIS, Oct. 9, 2012 .
"Based on her safety concerns in Burkina Faso, minimal ties to Burkina Faso, her separation from her family in the United States, the applicant's minor cousin's reliance on her for support, the family's financial circumstances in Burkina Faso,...
"Plaintiff Jay Marsh, a United States citizen, sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because it did not issue a visa or a waiver to his wife, Shiho Takeda, to permit her to enter the United States. ... The basis for the denial was Takeda's 1995...