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INS
Proposes Requiring Aliens to Acknowledge Advance Notice
of Change-of-Address Requirements; 200,000 Cards Remain
Unfilled
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August 5th, 2002 The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) issued a proposed rule on July 26, 2002, that
would require every alien applying for immigration
benefits to acknowledge having received notice that
he or she is required to provide a valid current
address to the INS, including any change of address
within 10 days of the change; that the INS will
use the most recent address provided by the alien
for all purposes, including the service of notices
to appear if the INS initiates removal proceedings;
and, if the alien has changed his or her address
but failed to provide the new address to the INS,
that the alien will be held responsible for any
communications sent to the most recent address provided
by the alien. Meanwhile, the INS has collected two
million documents that agency offices apparently
had misplaced or forgotten. Among the documents
are 200,000 unfilled change-of-address cards. INS
officials said they plan to have all the documents
filed properly by the end of this year. |
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INS
Issues Rule Allowing Concurrent Filing of I-140 and
I-485 in Certain Circumstances
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August 5, 2002 The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has published an interim rule, effective July 31, 2002, allowing the Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, to be filed concurrently with the Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, but only when a visa number is available immediately. Previously, INS regulations provided that an alien worker who wished to apply for permanent residence had to wait for approval of the underlying I-140, which resulted in unnecessary delays. The interim rule also provides that, if an employment-based visa petition is pending on July 31, 2002, the alien beneficiary may obtain the benefits of concurrent filing, but only if the alien files the I-485, together with the applicable fee and a copy of the Form I-797, Notice of Action, establishing previous receipt and acceptance by the INS of the underlying I-140 petition. |
