USCIS Adjustment of Status of "Arriving Aliens" with an Unexecuted Final Order of Removal

This Practice Advisory explains why USCIS has jurisdiction over adjustment applications of an arriving alien parolee with an unexecuted final order of removal. It also outlines the arguments why such a parolee remains eligible for adjustment notwithstanding an unexecuted final order of removal. This practice advisory supplements an earlier practice advisory addressing the adjustment of paroled "arriving aliens" under the interim regulations adopted on May 12, 2006.

Published On: Thursday, November 6, 2008 | Download File