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Secretary Napolitano Announces Final Rule to Support Family Unity During I-601 Waiver Process.
Posted by: euser
January 02, 2013

Ridgewood, New Jersey - January 2^nd 2013 - Happy New Year! This year promises to be a very exciting year in the Immigration Law arena. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the posting of a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives (spouse, children and parents), who are in the process of obtaining visas to become lawful permanent residents of the United States under certain circumstances. The final rule establishes a process that allows certain individuals to apply for a provisional unlawful presence waiver before they depart the United States to attend immigrant visa interviews in their countries of origin. The process will be effective on March 4, 2013 and more information about the filing process will be made available in the coming weeks at http://www.uscis.gov/.

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I-601 PROVISIONAL WAIVER IS NOT IN EFFECT
Posted by: euser
February 23, 2012

USCIS is considering changes that would allow certain immediate relatives (the spouse, children or parents of a U.S. citizen) who can demonstrate extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen spouse or parent to receive a provisional waiver of the unlawful presence bars before leaving the United States.

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