Month: August 2024

United States District Court Puts New Parole In Place Policy on Hold

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On August 26, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Texas v. Department of Homeland Security, Case Number 24-cv-306 administratively stayed DHS from granting parole in place under Keeping Families Together for 14 days; the District Court might extend the period of this administrative stay. While the administrative stay is in place: USCIS cannot grant any pending parole in place requests under Keeping Families Together. USCIS will continue to accept filings of Form I-131F, Application for Parole in Place for Certain Noncitizen Spouses and Stepchildren of U.S. Citizens, without adjudicating them. NOTE: The District Court’s administrative stay order does not affect any applications that were approved before the administrative stay order was issued. See USCIS.gov for the most up-to-date information and any updates.

USCIS BEGINS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PAROLE-IN-PLACE FOR SPOUES OF US CITIZENS ON AUGUST 19, 2024

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USCIS Wait Times

On August 19, 2024 USCIS will begin accepting Applications for Parole in Place for Certain Noncitizen Spouses and Stepchildren of U.S. Citizens using a new electronic Form I-131F. USCIS has published webpages with additional information about these processes:  Filing Guide for Form I-131F & Keeping Families Together webpage. USCIS has also updated the Key Questions and Answers about the process on the Keeping Families Together webpage. More information about Keeping Families Together will be made available in a Federal Register notice in the coming days. The Form I-131F will only be available to file online.  Each requestor, including minors, must file a separate Form I-131F, and each requestor must have their own USCIS online account, including minors. Information on creating a USCIS online account is available on the How to Create a USCIS Online Account webpage. NOTE: There is no paper form for this process. THE ENTIRE PROCESS MUST BE DONE ONLINE. Interested to see how many people will actually be applying for this. Seems like most people who are eligible would have already done an I-601A if they really wanted to get residency. Maybe people who have pending 601A waivers who have been waiting years will apply for PIP as a backup plan or in hopes of speeding up this process. Hopefully this will cut down on the insane increase in the processing times of 601A waivers, which has more than tripled since COVID.