The Diversity Visa Program allows up to 50,000 eligible applicants every year to come to the United States under a lottery program to live and work in the United States permanently. Held annually, the Diversity Visa program makes visas available to applicants meeting strict but basic requirements. Applicants are selected from six vast geographic regions,…
Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 14082642 (posted Oct. 3, 2014)” October 3, 2014 USCIS posted the following update on October 3, 2014: Recently USCIS erroneously scheduled some customers for more than one Application Support Center (ASC) biometric appointment (Form I-797C). If you have already attended an ASC biometric appointment, and received a second appointment…
“The purpose of this memorandum is to issue guidance on who is considered an immediate family member in the credible fear process, credible fear determinations for immediate family members, and linking related family members in the Asylum Pre-Screening System (APSS). In the credible fear process, immediate family members are the spouse and any unmarried child…
NewsFlash! Duplicate Biometrics Notices Issued in Error August 27, 2014 Earlier today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advised the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that, in recent weeks, certain applicants for permanent residency who have already successfully completed biometrics were inadvertently scheduled for a second biometrics appointment. Through AILA, the USCIS stated that…
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