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  • PAROLE

    Conditional Parole Conditional parole is also known as release from custody. This is a separate and distinct process from parole and does not meet the “inspected and paroled” requirement for adjustment eligibility. Evidence of Parole Evidence of parole includes: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Parole INA § 245(h) states “a special immigrant described in section…

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  • ADMISSION

    ADMISSION A noncitizen is admitted if the following conditions are met: A noncitizen who meets these two requirements is admitted, even if the person obtained the admission by fraud. Likewise, the noncitizen is admitted, even if the CBP officer performed a cursory inspection. As long as the noncitizen meets the procedural requirements for admission, the noncitizen meets…

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  • Bars to Adjustment of Status

    Bars to Adjustment of Status Noncitizen INASection Entries and Periods of Stay to Consider Exemptfrom Bar Crewman 245(c)(1) Only most recent permission to land, or admission prior to filing for adjustment VAWA-based applicants In Unlawful Immigration Status on the Date the Adjustment Application is Filed OR Who Failed to Continuously Maintain Lawful Status Since Entry…

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  • Adjustment Exceptions to Being Admitted or Parole

    Exceptions to Being Admitted or Parole VAWA & INA 245i SIJS See INA 245(h)(1), which states that SIJ-based applicants are considered paroled into the United States for purposes of INA 245(a). Special immigrant juveniles (SIJ) and other special immigrants are not exempt from this requirement. However, statutory provisions expressly state that these special immigrants are considered paroled…

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  • ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS

    AOS Statute INA 245(a) Adjustment of Status Eligibility Requirements The applicant must have been: The applicant must properly file an adjustment of status application. The applicant must be physically present in the United States. The applicant must be eligible to receive an immigrant visa. An immigrant visa must be immediately available when the applicant files…

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  • READJUSTMENT OF CONDITIONAL RESIDENTS

    READJUSTMENT OF CONDITIONAL RESIDENTS

    Matter of Stockwell On November 21, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had updated its Policy Manual (PM) in a policy alert titled “Adjustment on New Basis After Termination of Conditional Permanent Residence” [PDF version]. An alien who is admitted to the United States as a conditional permanent resident…

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  • Arriving Aliens

    DEFINITION OF ARRIVING ALIEN The regulations define “arriving alien” at 8 CFR §1001.1(q): The term arriving alien means an applicant for admission coming or attempting to come into the United States at a port-of-entry, or an alien seeking transit through the United States at a port-of-entry, or an alien interdicted in international or United States waters and…

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