Monthly Archives: September 2016

Form I-131A Now Available

USCIS has published Form I-131A, Application for Travel Document (Carrier Documentation), a new form that allows lawful permanent residents (LPRs) to apply for a travel document (carrier documentation) if they: Are returning from temporary overseas travel of less than one year, and their Green Card has been lost, stolen or destroyed, or Are returning from temporary overseas travel of less than two years, and their Reentry Permit has been lost, stolen or destroyed. The length of the absence will be measured from the time the LPR departed the U.S. to the time he…Read More Breaking News

State Department Guidance Directive on Prudential NIV Visa Revocations (Sept. 2, 2016)

The Department would like to bring to your attention a policy implemented on  November 5, 2015, which requires consular officers to prudentially revoke (i.e., without  making a determination that the individual is inadmissible) nonimmigrant visas of individuals arrested for, or convicted of, driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated, or similar arrests/convictions, that occurred within the previous five years, as detailed in 9 FAM 403.11-3(A). This requirement does not apply when the arrest/conviction occurred prior to the date of the visa application and has already been assessed within the context of a…Read More Breaking News

Denaturalizing individuals “wrongfully” Naturalized.

DHS Office of Inspector General, Sept. 8, 2016 - Potentially Ineligible Individuals Have Been Granted U.S. Citizenship Because of Incomplete Fingerprint Records USCIS granted U.S. citizenship to at least 858 individuals ordered deported or removed under another identity when, during the naturalization process, their digital fingerprint records were not available. The digital records were not available because although USCIS procedures require checking applicants’ fingerprints against both the Department of Homeland Security’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) digital fingerprint repositories, neither contains all old fingerprint records. Not all old records were included in…Read More Breaking News