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Only aliens who fall under the enumerated categories are eligible for an employment authorization document. Currently, there are more than 40 types of immigration status that make their holders eligible to apply for an Employment Authorization Document card. [3] Some are nationality-based and apply to a very small number of people.
The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act or NACARA (Title II of Pub. L. 105–100 (text)) is a U.S. law passed in 1997 that provides various forms of immigration benefits and relief from deportation to certain Nicaraguans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, nationals of former Soviet bloc countries and their dependents who had applied for asylum.
This category was created by the courts and is a public benefits eligibility category. For a person to be residing "under color of law," the USCIS must know of the person’s presence in the U.S., and must provide the person with written assurance that enforcement of deportation is not planned.
According to USCIS data, over 1.8 million sponsorship applications had been filed as of July 2023. [29] With a limit of 30,000 people per month, [30] this represents five years' worth of applications. USCIS selects half the monthly cases to process on a "first in first out" basis, and the other half are selected randomly.
Civil surgeons can be employed by the government or work in private practices. They must adhere to strict standards and guidelines set by the USCIS and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The role of civil surgeons is to provide an objective and unbiased medical assessment of immigrants applying for entry into the U.S. [4]
[45] [46] In some cases, the applicant will be interviewed at a USCIS office, especially if it is a marriage-based adjustment from a K-1 visa, in which case both spouses (the US citizen and the applicant) will be interviewed by the USCIS. If the application is approved, the alien becomes an LPR, and the actual green card is mailed to the alien ...
The customer agency agrees to limit its determination of the applicant's immigration and nationality status to the limited purposes necessary for determining eligibility for the benefit. Specific USCIS guidance on (3) is included below. [10] For applicants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; colloquially called "food stamps"):
USCIS handles all forms and processing materials related to immigration and naturalization. This is evident from USCIS's predecessor, the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), which is defunct as of March 1, 2003. [6] [circular reference] USCIS handles two kinds of forms: those related to immigration, and those related to naturalization.