View Rule
View EO 12866 Meetings | Printer-Friendly Version Download RIN Data in XML |
DHS/USCIS | RIN: 1615-AA03 | Publication ID: Spring 2017 |
Title: Petition To Classify Alien as Immediate Relative of a U.S. Citizen or as a Preference Immigrant; Self-Petitioning for Certain Battered or Abused Alien Spouses and Children | |
Abstract:
In 1996, the Immigration and Naturalization Service published an interim rule on this subject at 61 FR 13061. USCIS, formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service, received a number of comments in response to that rulemaking. Most of those comments have since been overcome by events, namely new legislation. In October 2000, the President signed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, Public Law 106-386, which contained numerous amendments to the battered spouse provisions contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). More recently, the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, Public Law 109-162 (Jan. 5, 2006), and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization of 2013, Public Law 113-4 (March 7, 2013) made further amendments to the battered spouse provisions of the INA. The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue another rule to make the changes required by the legislation. |
|
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 204 8 CFR 205 8 CFR 216 8 CFR 245 8 CFR 274a (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 Pub. L. 103-322 8 U.S.C. 1103 8 U.S.C. 1151 8 U.S.C. 1153 and 1154 8 U.S.C. 1182 8 U.S.C. 1186a 8 U.S.C. 1255 8 U.S.C. 1105a Pub. L. 113-4 |
Legal Deadline:
None |
|||||||||||||||
Timetable:
|
Additional Information: New CIS No. 2442-08 CIS No. 1705-95 Transferred from RIN 1115-AE04 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov | Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Andria Strano Chief, Humanitarian Affairs Division Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of Policy and Strategy, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009 Phone:240 721-3000 |