Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda
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This page provides access to various policy and procedural memoranda which gives guidance to USCIS adjudicators in their work of processing applications and petitions for immigration benefits while still protecting national security.
You can also find a listing of memoranda by subject to the right.
ATTENTION: Policy memos that have been partially or fully superseded by the USCIS Policy Manual have been stamped and republished. If you have bookmarked affected memo PDF files, you will now see the updated stamped version of the memo indicating that you should visit www.uscis.gov/policymanual for current policy.
This page can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/memoranda
January 2013
Revised Guidance Concerning Adjudication of Certain I-751 Petitions (366KB PDF)
01/04/2013
December 2012
Extension of Validity of Medical Certifications on Form I-693 (77KB PDF)
12/20/2012
Operational Guidance for EB-5 Cases Involving Tenant Occupancy ( PDF)
12/20/2012
Age-Out Protection for Derivative U Nonimmigrant Status (375KB PDF)
12/12/2012
November 2012
Exceptions for Permitting the Filing of Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, and any associated Form I-212, Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States After Deportation or Removal (79KB PDF)
11/30/2012
Jurisdiction of Amended Home Studies and the Application of Home Study Age Restrictions for Prospective Adoptive Child(ren) in Intercountry Adoption Cases ( PDF)
11/07/2012
Guidance for Determining if an Adoption is Valid for Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Purposes ( PDF)
11/06/2012
October 2012
Addressing Upcoming Expiration of Status for Certain Chinese and Guatemalan "Grandfathered" Orphan Adoption Cases (70KB PDF)
10/02/2012
Designation of Military Physicians as Civil Surgeons for Members and Veterans of the Armed Forces and Eligible Dependents (347KB PDF)
10/02/2012
September 2012
Asylum Division National Customer Access Standards (145KB PDF)
09/28/2012
Designation of Military Physicians as Civil Surgeons for Members and Veterans of the Armed Forces and Eligible Dependents ( PDF)
09/26/2012
August 2012
USCIS Policy for Accommodating Religious Beliefs during Photograph and Fingerprint Capture ( PDF)
08/10/2012
Suitability and Home Study Memo (305KB PDF)
08/08/2012
July 2012
Guidance for Determining if an Adoption is Valid for Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Purposes; Updates to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 21.4, 21.5, 21.6, 21.10 and 71.1; AFM Update AD12-10 (355KB PDF)
07/18/2012
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) for Activities and Associations Relating to the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) (338KB PDF)
07/13/2012
June 2012
Requests to Expedite Adjudication of Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, Filed by Individuals Outside the United States; Update to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 41.7 and Appendix 41-5 (AFM Update AD12-09) (66KB PDF)
06/06/2012
Submission of Form I-20 or DS-2019 in support of the Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. ( PDF)
06/01/2012
May 2012
Exceptions for Permitting the Filing of Form I-601, and Any Associated Form I-212, at International USCIS Offices (262KB PDF)
05/31/2012
Process for Responding to Request by the DOS to Accept a Locally Filed Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (61KB PDF)
05/25/2012
Representation and Appearances and Interview Techniques; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 12 and 15; AFM Update AD11-42 (115KB PDF)
05/25/2012
Guidance on EB-5 Adjudications Involving the Tenant-Occupancy ( PDF)
05/11/2012
April 2012
Adjudication of Immigration Benefits for Transgender Individuals; Addition of Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Subchapter 10.22 and Revisions to AFM Subchapter 21.3 (AFM Update AD12-02) (371KB PDF)
04/13/2012
Expedited Case Review Process for Specifically-Defined Administrative Errors (1229KB PDF)
04/04/2012
March 2012
Procedures for Calculating the Maximum Period of Stay for R-1 Nonimmigrants (AFM Update AD12-03) (70KB PDF)
03/09/2012
Extension of Validity of Medical Certifications on Form I-693; Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Update AD 11-13, Chapter 40.1(c) Validity of Form I-693 (54KB PDF)
03/02/2012
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