A Cincinnati Immigration Law Firm
Treaty Investor Visa (E-2)
The U.S. Embassy has the pleasure to announce that a treaty investor agreement (E2 Visa) has been signed between the United States and Israel and will become effective as of May 1, 2019. Pursuant to the treaty, Israeli citizens will be able to apply for an E2 visa at the U.S. Embassy Branch Office Tel Aviv.
Parents or guardians attempting to determine if their child is in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in HHS Administration for Children and Families should contact the ORR National Call Center at:
800-203-7001
information@orrncc.com
USCIS Policy Manual Update
USCIS is revising policy guidance for the validity period of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record.
The updated policy, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, 2018, will require applicants to submit a Form I-693 that is signed by a civil surgeon no more than 60 days before filing the underlying application for an immigration benefit. The Form I-693 would remain valid for a two-year period following the date the civil surgeon signed it. As such, USCIS is retaining the current maximum two-year validity period of Form I-693, but calculating it in a different manner to both enhance operational efficiencies and reduce the number of requests to applicants for an updated Form I-693.
USCIS officers use Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, to determine whether an applicant for an immigration benefit in the United States is inadmissible under the health-related grounds of inadmissibility. By specifying that the Form I-693 must be signed no more than 60 days before the applicant files the underlying application for which Form I-693 is required, the validity of the form is more closely tied to the timing of the underlying application.
Additionally, requiring submission of a Form I-693 that was signed no more than 60 days before the date the underlying application was filed may, in some cases, maximize the period of time Form I-693 will be valid while the underlying application is under USCIS review. Officers will still have the discretion, as they have always had, to request a new Form I-693 if they have reason to believe an applicant may be inadmissible on the health-related grounds. Delays in adjudicating the underlying application will also be reduced if fewer requests for updated Forms I-693 are necessary.
Desde el 4 de marzo de 2013, ciertos solicitantes de visa de inmigrante que son familiares inmediatos (cónyuges, hijos y padres de ciudadanos estadounidenses) pueden solicitar exenciones provisionales por presencia ilegal antes de salir de EE.UU. para su entrevista consular. El 29 de agosto de 2016, se expandió el proceso de exención provisional por presencia ilegal a todas las personas elegibles a una visa de inmigrante y una exención de inadmisibilidad por presencia ilegal en Estados Unidos.
Los extranjeros que no son elegibles a ajustar su estatus en EE.UU. deben viajar al extranjero y obtener una visa de inmigrante. Las personas que hayan acumulado más de 180 días de presencia ilegal mientras están en Estados Unidos deben obtener una exención de inadmisibilidad para detener la aplicación de los criterios de tiempo de presencia ilegal establecidos en la sección 212(a)(9)(B) de la Ley de Inmigración y Nacionalidad antes de que puedan regresar. Usualmente, estos extranjeros no pueden solicitar una exención hasta después de que se hayan presentado a su entrevista de visa en el extranjero y el oficial consular del Departamento de Estado (DOS, por sus siglas en inglés) haya determinado que son inadmisibles en Estados Unidos.
El proceso de exención provisional por presencia ilegal permite a las personas elegibles para una visa de inmigrante (los familiares inmediatos, familiares patrocinadas y personas basadas en el empleo, y los seleccionados para el Programa de Visas de Diversidad) que solo necesitan una exención de inadmisibilidad por presencia ilegal, solicitar dicha exención en Estados Unidos, antes de salir a su entrevista de visa de inmigrante.
Since March 4, 2013, certain immigrant visa applicants who are immediate relatives (spouses, children and parents) of U.S. citizens can apply for provisional unlawful presence waivers before they leave the United States for their consular interview. On August 29, 2016, the provisional unlawful presence waiver process was expanded to all individuals statutorily eligible for an immigrant visa and a waiver of inadmissibility for unlawful presence in the United States.
Foreign nationals who are not eligible to adjust their status in the United States must travel abroad and obtain an immigrant visa. Individuals who have accrued more than 180 days of unlawful presence while in the United States must obtain a waiver of inadmissibility to overcome the unlawful presence bars under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before they can return. Typically, these foreign nationals cannot apply for a waiver until after they have appeared for their immigrant visa interview abroad, and a Department of State (DOS) consular officer has determined that they are inadmissible to the United States.
The provisional unlawful presence waiver process allows those individuals who are statutorily eligible for an immigrant visa (immediate relatives, family-sponsored or employment-based immigrants as well as Diversity Visa selectees); who only need a waiver of inadmissibility for unlawful presence to apply for that waiver in the United States before they depart for their immigrant visa interview.
8050 Hosbrook Road, Suite 107
Cincinnati, Ohio 45236
Tel 513-791-1673
Fax 513-791-1683
info@geygan.com