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AILA, CLINIC, and NILC Clarify Public Charge Provisions in FAM In January 2018, The Department of State revised the public charge provisions in the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM). Now, instead of a properly completed, nonfraudulent Affidavit of Support… Read More

USCIS issues a policy alert on naturalization of children of U.S. citizens On September 26, 2018, USCIS issued policy guidance that amended its policy manual to clarify special naturalization provisions for children. The policy guidance supersedes an… Read More

USCIS Implements New NTA Policy Memorandum Beginning October 1, 2018, USCIS will begin to implement the “Updated Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTA) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Deportable Aliens Policy… Read More

USCIS Teleconference on Notice to Appear Policy USCIS invited AILA members to participate in a teleconference to discuss a policy memorandum on updated guidance on referral cases and issuance of Notice to Appear in cases involving inadmissible and de… Read More

AILA’s Check-Ins Each month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association checks in with Charlie Oppenheim, the Department of State’s Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, who gives his visa predictions for the near future. With his e… Read More

October 2018 Visa Bulletin U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have published the October 2018 Visa Bulletin. How do I use these charts? Match up your country of birth in the topmost row with your visa application type in the leftmost column. I… Read More

USCIS Publishes New Version of Form G-28 On September 17, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a new version of form G-28. The new 09/17/18 version is not substantially different from previous versions of the form. It only removed t… Read More

DOS Updates Visa Reciprocity As of September 17, 2018, the Department of State has updated its visa reciprocity tables. Since our last update about reciprocity changes, six countries have experienced changes. September 17 Dominica: Updated Death Cert… Read More