One of the advantages of obtaining legal status in the United States, for example permanent residence or asylum, is that authorities later provide the opportunity to support immediate family members to carry out their own procedure and to be reunited in the North American country. However, some changes have been announced regarding that possibility.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the updated Guidelines for Family-Based Immigrant Visas including changes to how they handle correction of errors in approval notices, requests for consular processing, or adjustment of status on behalf of the beneficiary.
Based on this information, Some details related to the I-130 form, or Petition for Alien Relative, have changed. Likewise, although to a lesser extent, there are also updates to Form I-360, or Petition for Amerasian, Widower, or Special Immigrant.
For example, now anyone who files an I-130 form You must inform Uscis the current address of the beneficiary and if he/she wants consular processing through the National Visa Center or the Department of States, this is if the interested party resides abroad. If you are already in the United States, then the process will correspond to an adjustment of status.
The importance of including this information, according to the authorities, is to be able to provide a faster response to the request. If you do not report this information, Uscis could withhold your request and then you must file Form I-824, or Request for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, which would also involve paying another fee.
Based on the above, the agency decided to carry out an update to your guides, clearly explaining how interested parties can contact Uscis to correct an error or update information, as long as their procedure is pending or approved. Likewise, the guide also made it clear What is the process and the reasons for making the decision to approve or not? a family-based immigrant petition.
Uscis warns: if you do not make the correct request, your procedure will not be considered
One of the most important changes announced in the updated Guidelines for Family-Based Immigrant Visas is that it will now be the responsibility of the applicants clearly define whether what they need is a consular procedure or an adjustment of status.
Previously it was not mandatory specify what type of procedure was requested for an immigrant visa for a family member. However, it is now necessary for the process to be expedited.
Consider that if you do not specify this information USCIS May Classify Your Case Inappropriately and, therefore, end up denying it.
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