Tampa Immigrant Faces Uncertainty After USCIS Adjustment of Status Memo
The memo could affect about 20% of cases, an immigration lawyer said, as USCIS says applicants generally must wait in their home country.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a memo requiring most green card applicants to process paperwork from abroad, though officials appear to be making a U-turn following widespread backlash.
- The agency claimed the policy returns to the "original intent of the law," requiring applicants to wait in their home countries unless extraordinary circumstances apply.
- For Infante, a Venezuelan immigrant who started the permanent residency process nine months ago, the mandate creates significant uncertainty, particularly regarding his special needs autistic child.
- Attorney Toro Marquez noted about 20% of his cases could be affected by stricter enforcement, warning the process takes eight months to a year and leads clients to fear denied re-entry.
- Returning to Venezuela causes Infante "panic," stating: "Panic again, because I am in the process and now you're going to send me back to the country that I am fleeing.
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The latest U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (Uscis) memorandum referring to status adjustment requests has raised multiple questions, including the possibility that users with pending procedures may leave the country. Andrés Echevarría, partner of the international legal study Vivanco & Vivanco, confirms that this is possible if a set of guidelines are met. According to an immigration lawyer: can an applicant leave the country if he has …
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