DOS, July 15, 2024 " On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently process employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college in the United States and have a job offer. As part of this...
9 FAM 303.3 (Feb. 8, 2023) briefly appeared on the web and was captured by astute immigration lawyers before DOS redacted it. We post it here for your edification, with the caveat that, as with all FAM sections, it is subject to constant modification.
8 FAM 704.5, Nov. 9, 2020 PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND RESIDENCE CALCULATORS (CT:CITZ-42; 11-09-2020) (Office of Origin: CA/PPT/S/A) [Hat tip to Eugene Flynn !]
9 FAM 601.14-13 CHECKLIST FOR REVIEWING THE AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT (CT:VISA-1020; 02-26-2020) Documents Required for a Proper Affidavit of Support : (1) Proper Affidavit of Support: (a) Form I-864: All pages, completely filled out, in correct order...
Cyrus Mehta, Apr. 27, 2019 "In September 2017, the State Department abruptly amended the Foreign Affairs Manual to provide consular officers with broader grounds to find that foreign nationals misrepresented their intentions when they came to the United...
According to FY2018 DOS statistics , "DOS rejected 13,450 applications for immigrant visas in FY2018 based on a determination that the applicant could become a "public charge," a 316 percent increase from FY2017 when it denied 3,237 applications...
AILA, NILC and CLINIC, Aug. 28, 2018 - "The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and the National Immigration Law Center write to express our concern over current policy relating to the assessment and determination...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Sophia Genovese-Halvorson, Sept. 18, 2017 - "The State Department has abruptly amended the Foreign Affairs Manual to provide broader grounds to find that foreign nationals misrepresented their intentions when they came to the United States...
New 9 FAM 302.9-4(B)(3) (U) Interpretation of the Term Misrepresentation [as of Oct. 17, 2017] ... "g . (U) Activities that Indicate Violation of Status or Conduct Inconsistent with Status (1) (U) In General: (a) (U) In determining whether...
See Change Transmittal VISA-433, Aug. 9, 2017 - "This CT updates these subchapters with new policy guidance in light of Executive Order 13788, Buy American Hire American, intended to "create higher wages and employment rates for workers in the United...
DOS, Jan. 3, 2017 - "INA 243(d) provides that upon being notified by the Secretary of Homeland Security that a government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country...
UNCLASSIFED 16 STATE 23732 Mar 7, 2016 SUBJECT: Updates to 9 FAM 402.10-4(E) - Guidance on Implementing the H-2B Returning Worker Program SUMMARY. On December 22, 2015, Congress included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 the reinstatement...
DOS, Mar. 8, 2016 - "The 9 FAM 402.3-9(B)(4) notes have been updated to reflect a change in wage requirements for A-3, G-5, and NATO-7 domestic workers. Effective immediately, all contracts for domestic workers must state an hourly wage to be paid to the domestic...
https://fam.state.gov/default.aspx - "The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and associated Handbooks (FAHs) are a single, comprehensive, and authoritative source for the Department's organization structures, policies, and procedures that govern the operations...
From the Dec. 2015 Visa Bulletin - "On November 18, 2015, the legacy Volume 9 of the Foreign Affairs Manual (9 FAM) will be replaced by the 9 FAM-e. As of this date the 9 FAM-e will become the authoritative source for visa guidance. The new 9 FAM-e represents...