Changes to federal policies pave way for sudden visa denials, deportation

[Rob and Cheryl 56]

A pair of policy memos circulated recently by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may pave the way for sudden visa denials and referrals for deportation, immigration attorneys say.

The most recent memo, released last week, changes previous federal policy by allowing immigration officials to reject visa applications immediately if there is missing or inaccurate information. Prior guidance issued in 2013 required officials to serve "Requests for Evidence" to fix any gaps in paperwork unless there was "no possibility" that the mistake could be corrected, and then "Notices of Intent to Deny" were issued, giving 30 day warnings to applicants that they would likely be rejected.   

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/changes-to-federal-policies-pave-way-for-sudden-visa-denials-deportation/

Edited July 20, 2018 by Rob and Cheryl

[Dashinka 24,512]

There was a discussion elsewhere on the board about this.  The new policy seems to be an attempt to force applicants to submit a complete package with all the required evidence listed rather than to just submit a partially complete submission.  I am not really sure how many folks submit incomplete packages just to get something in the system and deal with RFEs, but to me it is pretty simple, the instructions for any type of submission are clear, so provide a complete package and this will not be an issue.

[Dashinka 24,512]

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

6 hours ago, Rob and Cheryl said:

A pair of policy memos circulated recently by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may pave the way for sudden visa denials and referrals for deportation, immigration attorneys say.

The most recent memo, released last week, changes previous federal policy by allowing immigration officials to reject visa applications immediately if there is missing or inaccurate information. Prior guidance issued in 2013 required officials to serve "Requests for Evidence" to fix any gaps in paperwork unless there was "no possibility" that the mistake could be corrected, and then "Notices of Intent to Deny" were issued, giving 30 day warnings to applicants that they would likely be rejected.   

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/changes-to-federal-policies-pave-way-for-sudden-visa-denials-deportation/

You know there is another thread on this right?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

***** thread closed in favor of existing one in General immigration *****