Administrative Decisions
The USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) has jurisdiction over the appeals from decisions on most immigration petitions and applications that are entered by USCIS regional service centers and district offices.
There are numerous types of petitions and applications within the AAO¿s jurisdiction, including employment-based immigration petitions, various waivers, legalization, and temporary protected status applications. The AAO produces appellate decisions that provide fair and legally supportable resolutions of individual applications and petitions for immigration benefits. These decisions provide guidance to applicants, petitioners, practitioners and government officials in the correct interpretation of immigration law, regulations and policy.
The decisions in this collection are published in PDF format. You will need Adobe Reader 8 or higher to view them. You can download the latest version of Adobe Reader from the PDF Reader link at the bottom of this page.
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Folders:
A1 - Certification
A2 - Certification of Cuban Adjustment
A3 - Diplomats
A4 - Indochinese Refugees
A5 - Denial of Adjustment for not Establishing Bona Fide Marriage Exemption
B1 - Revocation of Immigrant Visa
B2 - Aliens with Extraordinary Ability
B3 - Outstanding Professors and Researchers
B4 - Multinational Managers and Executives
B5 - Members of the Professions holding Advanced Degrees or Aliens of Exceptional Ability
B6 - Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers
B7 - Form I-526 and I-829
B8 - Amerasian Children of U.S. Citizens
B9 - Battered Spouse or Child
C1 - Immigrant Religious Workers
C2 - Employee or Former Employee of U.S. Government Abroad
C3 - Former Employee of Panama Canal Company, Canal Zone Government, or U.S. Government in Canal Zone
C4 - Physician
C5 - Employee of an International Organization
C6 - Dependent of Juvenile Court
C7 - Armed Forces
D1 - Revocation of Nonimmigrant Visa Petition Approval
D2 - Temporary Worker in a Specialty Occupation or Fashion Model (H-1B)
D3 - Temporary Worker Performing Agricultural Labor or Services (H-2A)
D4 - Temporary Worker Performing Nonagricultural Labor or Services (H-2B)
D5 - Alien Trainee (H-3)
D6 - Fiancees and Fiances of U.S. Citizen (K-1)
D7 - Intracompany Transferees (L-1A and L-1B)
D8 - Aliens of Extraordinary Ability or Achievement (O-1, O-2, and O-3)
D9 - Artists, Athletes, and Entertainers (P-1, P-2, and P-3)
D10 - International Cultural Exchange Visitor (Q)
D11 - NAFTA Professional (TN)
D12 - Application for T Nonimmigrant Status
D13 - Non-Immigrant Religious Workers
D14 - Application for U Nonimmigrant Status
E1 - Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization
E2 - Applications for Certification of Citizenship
E3 - Application for Replacement of Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship Papers
E4 - Applications for Special Certificates of Naturalization
E5 - Administrative Cancellation of Certificates, Documents, and Records
E6 - Applications for Certificates of Naturalization or Repatriation
E7 - Administrative Revocation of Naturalization
F1 - Petitions for Orphans
F2 - Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petitions
G1 - Breach of Delivery Bond
G2 - Breach of Maintenance of Status Bond
G3 - Breach of Voluntary Departure Bond
H1 - Waiver of Inadmissibility - Medical - 212 (g)
H2 - Waiver of Inadmissibility - Criminal - 212 (h)
H3 - Waiver of Two Year Foreign Residence Requirement - 212 (e)
H4 - Application for Reentry after Removal or Aggravated Felony Conviction - 212(a)(9)(A)(iii), 212(a)(9)(B)(v), 212(d)(3)(A)
H5 - Waiver of Inadmissibility - Misrepresentation - 212 (i)
H6 - Waiver of Inadmissibility - Unlawful Presence - 212 (a)(9)(B)
H7 - Exception - 212(d)
H7 - Waiver of Inadmissibility - Unlawful Presence - 212 (a)(9)(B)
I1 - Application for Issuance of Reentry Permit
I2 - Application for Refugee Travel Document
J1 - Petition for Approval of School for Attendance by Nonimmigrant Students
J2 - Withdrawal of Approval of School
K1 - Request for Participation as Regional Center
K2 - Regional Center Termination
L1 - Legalization Application for Temporary Resident Status
L2 - Legalization Application for Adjustment to Permanent Resident Status
L3 - Legalization Termination of Temporary Resident Status
L4 - Special Agricultural Workers Application for Temporary Residence Status
L5 - Special Agricultural Workers Application for Adjustment to Permanent Resident Status
L6 - Special Agricultural Workers Termination of Temporary Residence Status
L7 - Application for Status of Certain Cuban and Haitian Nationals
L8 - Legalization and Special Agricultural Workers Application for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability
M1 - Application for Temporary Protective Status
M2 - Invalidation of Temporary Labor Certificates Issued by the Governor of Guam
M3 - Adjustment of Status of Certain Resident Aliens to Nonimmigrant Status (A, E, G)
M4 - Application for Authorization to Issue Certification for Health Care Workers