Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda
This page provides access to various policy and procedural memoranda which gives guidance to USCIS adjudicators in their work of processing applications and petitions for immigration benefits while still protecting national security. You can also find a listing of memoranda by subject in the "Related Links" section of this page. This page can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/memoranda
February, 2003
Waiver of Photograph for I-90, Applicants Seeking a Replacement or Renewal Form I-551 (98KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS
02/14/2003
January, 2003
Addition of Citizen Grandparents and Citizen Legal Guardians as Eligible Applicants Pursuant to INA 322 (113KB PDF)
William R. Yates /s/ Janis Sposato HQISD Docket # USCIS-2008-0052
01/21/2003
Guidance on Making the Naturalization Process Accessible to Applicants with Disabilities (250KB PDF)
William R. Yates HQOPS (Naturalization) Docket # USCIS-2008-0051
01/21/2003
November, 2002
Guidance on Adjudication of H-1B Petitions Filed on Behalf of Nurses (142KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS (Services/H-1) Docket # USCIS-2008-0050
11/27/2002
Immediate Issuance of Forms I-688Bs to New Refugees and Asylees (115KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS
11/04/2002
October, 2002
Instructions Regarding the Expanded Meaning of Section 319(a) (87KB PDF)
William R. Yates HQISD Docket # USCIS-2008-0001
10/15/2002
September, 2002
Child Status Protection Act (98KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS
09/20/2002
August, 2002
Eligibility to Self-Petition as an Intended Spouse of an Abusive U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (87KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS
08/21/2002
H.R. 1209 - Child Status Protection Act (41KB PDF)
Joseph E. Langlois HQASM Docket # USCIS-2008-0048
08/07/2002
Revocation of VAWA-Based Self-Petitions (I-360s) (87KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams /s/ Thomas Schiltgen HQOPS
08/05/2002
July, 2002
Implementation of Executive Order 13269 (54KB PDF)
William R. Yates /s/ Sposato HQISD
07/17/2002
June, 2002
Policy Change - Public Law 107-150, The Family Sponsor Immigration Act of 2002: Use of Substitute Sponsor if Visa Petitioner Has Died (109KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS Docket # USCIS-2008-0047
06/15/2002
May, 2002
Notice to Designated School Officials (102KB PDF)
Johnny N. Williams HQOPS
05/30/2002
April, 2002
Implementation Instructions for Section 114 of Public Law 107-77, "Department of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002," 115 Stat. 748 (199KB PDF)
William R. Yages HQISD
04/10/2002
March, 2002
Procedures for the Preservation of Immigration Benefits for Victims of Terrorism (Title IV, Subtitle C (Sections 421 - 428), of the USA PATRIOT Act) P.L. 107-56 (October 26, 2001) (224KB PDF)
Michael A. Pearson HQOPS
03/08/2002
February, 2002
Guidance on Employment Authorization for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses, and for Determinations on the Requisite Employment Abroad for L Blanket Petitions (90KB PDF)
William R. Yates /s/ Cuddihy HQISD
02/22/2002
January, 2002
Current List of American Association of Blood Banks Accredited Parentage Testing Laboratories (638KB PDF)
Michael A. Pearson /s/ David P. Peter HQOPS
01/17/2002
Removal of Conditional Resident Status if Conditional Resident is the Spouse of an Individual Serving Abroad in the U.S. Armed Forces as Part of Operation Enduring Freedom (32KB PDF)
Michael A. Pearson /s/ Joseph R. Greene HQOPS
01/17/2002
The 10/13/98N version of Form I-539, Revised Recently With an "N" Designation, Shall Be Accepted Until March 30, 2002 (27KB PDF)
William R. Yates HQISD
01/08/2002
Eligibility to Self-Petition as a Battered Spouse of a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident Within Two Years of Divorce (15KB PDF)
Michael A. Pearson HQOPS Docket # USCIS-2008-0066
01/02/2002
December, 2001
Suspension of Adjudication of Cambodian Orphan Petitions (106KB PDF)
James W. Ziglar HQCOM
12/21/2001
November, 2001
Social Security Cards and the Adjudication of H-1B Petition (16KB PDF)
Thomas Cook HQADN
11/20/2001
Clarification of Procedures for Processing Applicants Covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) who are Ineligible for Asylum (69KB PDF)
Joseph E. Langlois HQASM
11/01/2001
October, 2001
USA Patriot Act: New Anti-Terrorism Legislation (54KB PDF)
James W. Ziglar HQCOM
10/31/2001
Extension of the Executive Order Granting Deferred Enforced Departure to Certain Liberians in the United States as of September 29, 2001 (29KB PDF)
William R. Yates, HQISD
10/12/2001
Last updated: 05/01/2009
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