U.S. Court of Appeals Issues Mandate Concerning Immigrant Religious Workers
Giselle Carson Nov 10, 2010 in Immigration News
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned an injunction allowing special immigrant religious workers to file their Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, concurrently with the Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant. See Ruiz-Diaz v. USA, No. 09-35734 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2010)
On November 8, 2010, USCIS stopped accepting adjustment of status applications filed concurrently with or based on pending I-360 petitions from persons seeking classification as special immigrant religious workers. To read full report and related files, Click Here.
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