‘Innocent mistakes’ will no longer cost immigrants their green cards or visas

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‘Innocent mistakes’ will no longer cost immigrants their green cards or visas

https://www.yahoo.com/news/innocent-mistakes-no-longer-cost-162638119.html

 

‘Innocent mistakes’ will no longer cost immigrants their green cards or visas

 

 

Daniel Shoer Roth

Wed, June 23, 2021, 12:26 PM

 

 

Immigration authorities in the United States have rescinded one of the policies implemented by the Trump administration that had one of the most profound negative impacts on legal immigrants with pending or upcoming applications.

 

The 2018 policy had granted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudicators broader authority to issue case denials over mistakes or missing documents without giving applicants the opportunity to fix them and provide additional documentation.

 

It “resulted in USCIS denying certain benefit requestors an immigration benefit even though they would have demonstrated their eligibility if given the chance to provide additional evidence,” the Department of Homeland Security agency said in a policy alert issued earlier this month.

 

The rescinded guidance affected almost all immigration applications, petitions and requests, including U.S. citizenship, permanent residence or green cards and visas.

 

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Edited June 23, 2021 by TBoneTX