CIS Memo Could Relieve Some Immigrant Religious Workers

Law360, New York (July 29, 2015, 10:21 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, agreeing with the Third Circuit decision in Shalom Pentecostal Church v. Acting Secretary DUS[1] that its 2008 regulation was ultra vires, released a recent policy memorandum stating that it will no longer require that the qualifying religious work experience for the two-year period preceding submission of a Form I-360 special immigrant religious worker petition be acquired in lawful immigration status if gained in the United States....

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