Now States can reject the application for a visa or Green Card without the chance to correct the error

Immigration lawyers call this change «another stone in the invisible wall of trump». According to experts, the administration complicated, as far as possible, legal immigration.

What has changed

New rules published on the website USIC entered into force on 11 September and apply to all requests and petitions from this date.

The Memorandum entitles the officers of the immigration service and control to deny a visa or reject the application for a Green Card if you filled the form contains an error or are missing any data. They have no obligation to inform the applicant about the problem with the application. However, the report stresses that «the new policy will not be used for unlawful refusal and penalties for minor mistakes or misunderstanding».

As it was before

Earlier, immigration officials sent a notice applying for a visa or participants in the Diversity Visa Lottery, if they made mistakes when completing forms or missed any documents. The applicants got the time and chance to correct inaccuracies or to Supplement the documents (the application process is not interrupted). Now officers will act at its own discretion and independently decide to notify a bug or just reject the application.

No messages that something went wrong, a potential visa applicant doesn’t have a chance to intervene in the process before making a final decision.

Special caution should be exercised for those who extend the visa from within the United States. If you will encounter bugs and will reject the application upon expiration of the term of validity of the visa will begin the process of deportation.

What they say USIC

Press Secretary USIC Michael bars said the aim of the new policy to compel applicants to refer to the preparation of documents more responsibly. He believes that when applying you need to fully understand: the responsibility lies solely with the applicant. As noted by the bars, a carelessly filled out the paperwork, knowing that you will get the chance to correct mistakes.

Why immigration lawyers are not happy

Most fears that reasons for rejection will be less objective, and vague standards will allow the immigration service to make decisions «behind closed doors».

Fears based on these precedents, which have increased after the tightening of the immigration rules. Pro Publica contacted a dozen lawyers and has collected several cases with failures. Some of them were due to technical inconsistencies in one of the filings was missing page 7, which usually remains empty. In another application lacked a table of contents and numbering. Some lawyers argue that failure has become more. Also, the lawyers, the increased number of requests from USIC for more information, especially in obtaining and extending work visas H-1B.

  • Immigration policy is one of the key issues of the current administration. Donald trump has repeatedly declared its intention to stop chain migration and close the Green Card lottery.
  • Results DV-2019 can be verified before September 20. Applications for the next lottery DV-2020 is supposed to start in early October, but while data on the timing or flow conditions on the official website there.
  • In 2017, more than 22.4 million people have applied for a Green Card.

Now States can reject the application for a visa or Green Card without the chance to correct the error

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