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Jan 15, 2025 · The Policy Manual is replacing the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM), the USCIS Immigration Policy Memoranda site, and other USCIS policy repositories. The Policy Manual contains separate volumes pertaining to different areas of immigration benefits administered by the agency, such as citizenship and naturalization, adjustment of status, and ...

Jul 30, 2020 · Americans encouraged relatively free and open immigration during the 18th and early 19th centuries, and rarely questioned that policy until the late 1800s. After certain states passed immigration laws following the Civil War, the Supreme Court in 1875 declared regulation of immigration a federal responsibility.

Jul 9, 2020 · Legislation Affecting Immigration and Nationality. A public law known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) collected many existing provisions and reorganized the structure of immigration law. Since then, Congress has amended the INA many times based on new public laws.

In May 2020, USCIS retired its Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM), a collection of our immigration policies and procedures. We are working quickly to update and incorporate all of the AFM content into the USCIS Policy Manual, the agency’s centralized online repository for immigration policies.

Jul 10, 2019 · The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) was enacted in 1952. The INA collected many provisions and reorganized the structure of immigration law. The INA has been amended many times over the years

On June 18, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a key step toward fulfilling President Biden’s commitment to promoting family unity in the immigration system. On Aug. 19, 2024, DHS implemented Keeping Families Together, a process for certain alien spouses and alien stepchildren of U.S. citizens to request parole in place ...

Part A - Nonimmigrant Policies and Procedures. Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background; Chapter 2 - General Requirements [Reserved] Chapter 3 - Maintaining Status [Reserved] Chapter 4 - Extension of Stay, Change of Status, and Extension of Petition Validity; Part B - Diplomatic and International Organization Personnel (A, G)

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