Fact Sheet: Overview of the Special Immigrant Visa Programs
2021年6月22日 · What is a Special Immigrant Visa? As United States military forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan later this year, Afghan translators and others who have aided U.S. forces are facing significant danger. With a September 2021 deadline looming, the importance of Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) to this population has become increasingly apparent. SIVs are …
Department’s review of an SIV application be completed within nine months, from submission to final notice of approval. But reports on how long the SIV process actually takes have varied. Some indicate it takes an average of 658 days, while others state that it can take as long as 996 days to process an SIV application. But the reported waits are
of the SIV process can complete the process and obtain SIV status. Others who may have been eligible for refugee status cannot apply for that status from inside the U.S. and must instead enter asylum proceedings or other visa processes. Parolees are soon transferred to the care of refugee resettlement agencies across the country.
2021年6月23日 · the total number of Afghans who could still be served by the SIV program at approximately 70,000, likely more, who are in need of safe relocation. Given the limited amount of time before U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the large number of Afghans seeking to migrate through the SIV program, most will need to be moved
Explainer: Humanitarian Parole and the Afghan Evacuation
2021年8月30日 · Due to the inadequacy of the SIV and P-2 programs in the context of an emergency evacuation, on August 23 the administration announced it would be using its humanitarian parole authority to process in evacuated Afghans who do not already have visas. This explainer will define humanitarian parole and describe how it is being used in the ongoing ...
Bill Summary: The Afghan Adjustment Act of 2023
2023年7月28日 · The Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) of 2023, S.2327/H.R.4627, is a bipartisan bill that would provide a path to permanent status to tens of thousands of Afghans who were evacuated to the U.S. following the fall of Kabul in August 2021. The legislation expands on reporting and vetting provisions in earlier iterations of the Afghan Adjustment … Continued
Explainer: What We Can Learn from Prior Adjustment Acts and …
2021年11月10日 · Introduction On August 31, 2021 President Biden announced the U.S. military had withdrawn from Afghanistan, ending America’s twenty-year involvement in the country. Over 120,000 individuals, including U.S. citizens, citizens of U.S. allies, and others were airlifted out of Afghanistan, including more than 70,000 Afghan allies of the U.S. This population includes …
Friday, September 9, 2022 - National Immigration Forum
2022年9月9日 · The 18-month extension — effective from September 10, 2022 — will permit around 343,000 current Venezuelan TPS holders to retain their status through March 10, 2024. However, the extension was not accompanied by a redesignation, meaning the over 150,000 Venezuelans who arrived in the U.S. after March 8, 2021, will not be eligible for TPS.
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, July 2, 2021 - National Immigration …
2021年6月24日 · Approximately 18,000 applicants – as well as their families – remain stuck in the SIV backlog, which can take over three years from start to finish and was recently exacerbated when the U.S. embassy in Kabul halted processing in June amid a COVID-19 outbreak. Representative Jason Crow (D-Colorado), who introduced the legislation in May ...
Explainer: Asylum Backlogs - National Immigration Forum
2024年1月23日 · This explainer details how an ever-shifting policy landscape and extensive backlogs impact the asylum process in the United States. It describes what asylum is, how people apply, why such cumbersome backlogs exist, and what can be done in terms of solutions.
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