Immigration News  |
| Changes in immigration that impact your life. |
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| Revised procedures for Battered Spouse or Child selfpetitions |
| November 12, 2005 |
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| USCIS memorandum provides guidance on change in the selfpetitioning eligibility requirements regarding the effect of an abuser’s loss of immigration status prior to the filing of and following the approval of a self petition. |
| USCIS Memo on eligibility for naturalization for battered spouses and children |
| February 4, 2005 |
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| U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a memo clarifying that individuals who obtained lawful permanent residence by reason of an approved waiver of the joint filing requirement under section 216(c)(4)(C) of the INA are also eligible to apply for naturalization under section 319(a). |
| USCIS Memo on Good Moral Character in VAWABased selfpetitions |
| January 25, 2005 |
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| In an interoffice memorandum the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has informed the adjudicators at the Vermont Service Center (VSC) of the change in the law concerning determinations of good moral character made in connection with VAWAbased selfpetitions (Forms I360). |
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