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Original Date Announced
October 19, 2017USCIS eliminates its prior hold policy for certain immigrant applicants whose prior membership in a terrorist organization renders them inadmissible, regardless of whether or not their membership was or was not effectuated under duress. The memoranda also eliminates the same hold policy for the spouses and children of said applicants. The elimination of the hold policy allows denials to be issued in cases where no exemptions are available. [ID #613]
USCIS Policy Memorandum (PM-602-0150): Revised Guidance for Processing Cases Subject to Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Recission of the Prior Hold Policy for Such CasesEffective Date
October 19, 2017Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Immigrant VisasAgencies Affected: USCISPre Trump-Era Policies
- February 13, 2009 USCIS Policy Memo HQ 70/2.1
- November 20, 2011 USCIS Policy Memo 602-0051
- May 5, 2016 USCIS Policy Memo 602-0132
- October 5, 2016 USCIS Memo: Revised Guidance for Processing Asylum Cases Involving Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Amendment to the Hold Policy for Such Cases