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Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending the effective date (for 180 days) of its temporary final rule which modified certain regulatory requirements to help ensure that USCIS may continue with affirmative asylum adjudications during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds; Implementation of Vacatur
This final rule removes the regulations resulting from a final rule issued in August 2019, which has since been vacated by a Federal district court.
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Visas: Eligibility for Diplomatic and Official Visas
This rule is promulgated for two reasons: To revise the definition of ``equivalent of a diplomatic passport'' to include non- national passports issued by a competent authority other than a foreign government and as designated by the Secretary of State; and to clarify the categories of nonimmigrants who may be eligible for a ``diplomatic type''...
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Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for the filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended), by generally first...
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Security Bars and Processing
On July 9, 2020, DHS and DOJ (collectively, ``the Departments'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'') clarifying that the danger to the security of the United States statutory bar to eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal may encompass emergency public health concerns. This final rule responds to comments received in...
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Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants due to the COVID-19 National Emergency: Extension of Certain Flexibilities
As a result of continued disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. food agriculture sector during the upcoming winter and spring agricultural seasons caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the Department of Homeland Security, (``DHS'' or ``the Department''), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
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Executive Office for Immigration Review; Fee Review
On February 28, 2020, the Department of Justice (``the Department'' or ``DOJ'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'' or ``proposed rule'') that would increase the fees for those Executive Office for Immigration Review (``EOIR'') applications, appeals, and motions that are subject to an EOIR-determined fee, based on a fee review...
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Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications
On July 16, 2019, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (``DOJ,'' ``DHS,'' or, collectively, ``the Departments'') published an interim final rule (``IFR'') governing asylum claims in the context of aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States across the southern land border between the United States and...
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Appellate Procedures and Decisional Finality in Immigration Proceedings; Administrative Closure
On August 26, 2020, the Department of Justice (``Department'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'' or ``proposed rule'') that would amend the regulations of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (``EOIR'') regarding the handling of appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (``BIA'' or ``Board''). The Department proposed...
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Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
On September 23, 2020, the Department of Justice (``DOJ'' or ``the Department'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'' or ``proposed rule'') that proposed to amend the regulations governing the adjudication of applications for asylum and withholding of removal before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (``EOIR''), including...
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Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review
On June 15, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (``DHS'') and the Department of Justice (``DOJ'') (collectively ``the Departments'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'' or ``proposed rule'') that would amend the regulations governing credible fear determinations. The proposed rule would make it so that individuals found to...
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Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program
This temporary final rule provides for a U.S. Department of State (Department) visa bond pilot program (Pilot Program) with specified parameters. The purpose of the Pilot Program is to assess the operational feasibility of posting, processing, and discharging visa bonds, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to help...
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Organization of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
On August 26, 2019, the Department of Justice (``Department'') published an interim final rule (``IFR'') amending the regulations related to the internal organization of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (``EOIR''). The amendments reflected changes related to the establishment of EOIR's Office of Policy (``OP'') in 2017, made related...
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Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility
On December 19, 2019, the Department of Justice (``DOJ'') and the Department of Homeland Security (``DHS'') (collectively, ``the Departments'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'') that would amend their respective regulations governing the bars to asylum eligibility. The Departments also proposed to clarify the effect of...
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Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), is amending certain DHS regulations governing the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program. Specifically, DHS is: Revising the regulatory definition of and standards for a ``specialty occupation'' to better align with the statutory definition of the term; adding definitions for ``worksite'' and...
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Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19
This rule temporarily (for 180 days) amends existing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that asylum applicants who cannot proceed with the interview in English are no longer required to provide interpreters at the asylum interview but rather must ordinarily proceed with DHS-provided telephonic interpreters.
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Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities
As a result of continued disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. food agriculture sector during the summer and upcoming fall agricultural season caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has decided it is necessary to...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements
This final rule adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). It also removes certain fee exemptions, changes fee waiver requirements, alters premium processing time limits, and modifies intercountry adoption processing. USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial...
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Removal of Regulations Relating to the Irish Peace Process Cultural Exchange and Training Program
In accordance with Executive Orders 13771 and 13777, which direct federal agencies to review and eliminate outdated and unnecessary regulations, the Department of State (``Department'') is removing regulations related to an obsolete visa program. The Irish Peace Process and Cultural Training Program was established in 1998 and created what is...
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Removal of Regulations Related to Immigrant Visas for Certain Expatriates
In accordance with Executive Orders 13771 and 13777, which direct federal agencies to review and eliminate outdated and unnecessary regulations, the Department of State (Department) is removing a regulation related to issuance of immigrant visas to women expatriates who lost citizenship as the result of marrying an alien prior to 1922.