U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Update: Ombudsman's 2013 Annual Report Webinar

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The Ombudsman Public Teleconference Series: 2013 Annual Report Webinar

Ombudsman Maria M. Odom  invites you to participate in a Web seminar on July 17, 2013 from  2- 3PM (EDT) to discuss findings and recommendations from the Ombudsman’s 2013 Annual Report to Congress.  This Report provides an impartial evaluation of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s programmatic and policy achievements, as well as ongoing problems and proposed solutions to improve immigration services.

Annual Report highlights include: 

• Unaccompanied Children.  USCIS’s new policy to accept unaccompanied alien children (UAC) determinations made for custody purposes by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The guidance follows the Ombudsman’s 2013 recommendation in this area and promises a consistent process for all children apprehended at the border who later seek asylum. 
• Discretionary Relief and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.  A review of discretionary relief and USCIS’s successful implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. 
• Provisional Waivers.  Centralization of inadmissibility waiver filings, the subject of Ombudsman recommendations in 2010, and the new Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver Process – measures that promise to improve consistency and minimize delays for thousands of individuals and their families. 
• The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.  Stakeholders continued to raise concerns, and approximately 10 percent of cases received by the Ombudsman pertained to EB-5 cases.  During the reporting period, USCIS issued EB-5 program policy memoranda, and the most recent guidance addresses many longstanding stakeholder concerns.

DATE: July 17, 2013

TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern

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For further assistance, please contact the Office of the CIS Ombudsman at cisombudsman.publicaffairs@hq.dhs.gov.

 

 

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