A long-standing U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services (USCIS) policy giving deference to previously approved nonimmigrant visa (NIV) petitions has been rescinded effective October 23, 2017. Under the prior policy, USCIS asked its adjudicators to give some deference to requests for extensions of previously approved NIV petitions. This week, USCIS issued a “Policy Memorandum” https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2017/2017-10-23Rescission-of-Deference-PM6020151.pdf … [Read more...]