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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS<\/strong>) has reestablished its guidance to immigration officials to defer to prior nonimmigrant petition <\/strong>approvals when adjudicating petition<\/strong> extension requests if the facts and parties continue as before. The agency declared today that it has revoked its 2017 policy memorandum<\/strong>. Issued under the Trump government, that reversed a longstanding policy of deferring to prior adjudications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Deference Policy | Nonimmigrant Petition Adjudications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under the reestablished deference policy<\/strong>, which is taking effect right now, officials are directed to generally defer to prior approvals in immigration benefit petitions<\/strong> involving the same parties and facts. Officials may not concede to an earlier approval where there are material changes or where new material information<\/strong> is available that undermines eligibility. Which includes publicly available data influencing eligibility for the benefit. Also, the policy will not apply if there was a material error in the prior adjudication.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the new guidance<\/strong> needs officers to acquire supervisory approval before deviating from a prior approval <\/strong>on the same facts – a significant departure<\/strong> from prior policy and practice. Also, USCIS affirms that the agency will defer to USCIS determinations <\/strong>only; it will provide consideration to determinations by other agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This policy change follows President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14012 <\/strong>(Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems<\/strong> and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans). Which guides immigration agencies<\/strong> to identify barriers that impede access to immigration benefits and fair, efficient nonimmigrant petition adjudications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What it means<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While USCIS is again requiring deference to prior decisions<\/strong> on extension requests where no material change has happened. The practical impact of the policy change will only be seen through USCIS adjudications<\/strong>. After the 2017 Trump-era policy memo <\/strong>dispensing with the more permissive deference policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Requests for evidence (RFE<\/strong>) increased significantly, even on petitions with many prior approvals on the same facts. Returning to the earlier policy should decrease the number of extension RFEs<\/strong> and reduce their processing times; however, the effect on adjudication trends will rely upon how USCIS officials <\/strong>implement the policy in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will closely monitor adjudication results <\/strong>and will report on the impact of the reinstated deference policy as trends emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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