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USCIS, Sept. 18, 2024 "Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months...
Singh v. Garland "Petitioner Varinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, seeks rescission of a removal order entered in absentia. We previously granted Singh’s petition because the government...
"This policy memorandum (PM) rescinds a case hold issued on November 21, 2013, for certain Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) cases impacted by the Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio litigation as described in PM-602-0094, “Guidance to USCIS Offices on Handling Certain Family Based Automatic Conversion and Priority Date Retention Requests Pending a Supreme Court decision in Mayorkas v. Cuellar de Osorio.” Officers are hereby instructed to adjudicate affected cases without further delay. This PM amends Chapter 21.2(e)(6) of the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) by updating paragraphs (A), (B), (E), and (F), AFM Update AD15-01." - USCIS, June 25, 2015.