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Original Date Announced
November 8, 2018U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces it is continuing to implement the June 28, 2018, Policy Memorandum on Issuance of NTAs. Starting November 19, 2018, USCIS may issue NTAs based on denials of I-914/I-914A, Applications for T Nonimmigrant Status, I-918/I-918A Applications for U Nonimmigrant Status, and other immigration relief including green card applications. USCIS states that it will not implement the NTA policy memo for employment-based petitions at this time. [ID #363]
Press Release: USCIS to Continue Implementing Policy Memorandum on Notices to AppearEffective Date
November 8, 2018Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: InteriorAssociated or Derivative Policies
- September 5, 2017 USCIS issues guidelines that information on DACA requests will not be proactively provided to ICE or CBP
- June 28, 2018 USCIS retains NTA policy for DACA requestors
- June 28, 2018 USCIS expands grounds for issuance of NTAs
- November 9, 2018 USCIS announces plans to issue NTA's to certain foreign nationals whose humanitarian petitions or associated adjustment applications are denied
Pre Trump-Era Policies
- November 7, 2011 In the Obama administration, USCIS revised its policy to allow issuance of NTAs in enumerated cases: certain cases of fraud, misrepresentation, or abuse of public benefits, cases meeting the definition of egregious public safety threat (EPS) or non-EPS cases if an application is denied and the non-citizen is removable on a criminal ground, if a N-400 application is denied on good moral character grounds based on a criminal offense and the non-citizen is removable, non-citizens not lawfully present upon denial of an application, and in certain other exceptional circumstances. USCIS Policy Memorandum 602-0050: Revised Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Removable Aliens