Through a statement recently published on its official website, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a change in the workload for the I-730 form, that will not affect the place of presentation of the document.
Year after year, many foreign citizens arrive in the country with the goal of settling down and achieving an improvement in their quality of life, and many of them do so with their family. However, other immigrants cannot enter the United States with their loved ones, but if they are accepted as refugees and obtain asylum, have the opportunity to complete Form I-730 so that their family members can join them with the same status.
Immigrants must discuss their cases with the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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“We changed this workload to better serve Form I-730 petitioners and beneficiaries by establishing a dedicated team with primary responsibility for the initial domestic processing of FTJ-R petitions. This will help us process this critical family reunification program more efficiently,” USCIS noted.
In addition, The agency highlighted that the USCIS International Operations Division is not open to the public and does not accept applications neither consultations nor in person, and then added that if you have a pending Form I-730 FTJ-R petition you will receive a transfer notice by email.
What is the USCIS Form I-730 for?
The change implemented that will modify the place of processing of applications affects the I-730 form, whose specific objective is to provide asylum to family members of refugees in the United States.
The agency explains on its website that if you are a principal refugee admitted to the United States during the last two years or a principal asylee who was granted asylum during the last two years “You can use this form to request that your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 (The beneficiaries) join you in the United States“.
Under certain circumstances determined by the organism, the Unmarried children over the age of twenty-one may be eligible for immigration benefits. for family reunification. To know the requirements and conditions as well as more information about the process, you must visit the agency’s page.
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