Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS Will No Longer Provide Deference to Prior Adjudications for Nonimmigrant Petitions
10/23/17
AILA Doc. No. 17102461.
Business Immigration, E Treaty Categories, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation, H-2A Agricultural Worker, H-2B Temporary Worker, L-1 Intracompany Transferee, O & P Visas, R Religious Workers, TN Professionals
USCIS issued a policy memorandum that supersedes and rescinds prior guidance on providing deference to prior determinations of eligibility in the adjudication of petitions for extension of nonimmigrant status, including rescinding guidance from 2004 and 2015. Guidance is effective immediately.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 17102461.
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