Anastasia Tonello speaks to CBS news about the latest changes to federal policies

19 July 2018

Managing Partner and Head of the US Practice Anastasia Tonello spoke with CBS News about recent changes to federal policy allowing immigration officials to reject visa applications immediately if there is missing or inaccurate information.

Prior guidance issued in 2013 required officials to serve “Requests for Evidence” to fix any gaps in paperwork unless there was “no possibility” that the mistake could be corrected, and then “Notices of Intent to Deny” were issued, giving 30 day warnings to applicants that they would likely be rejected. The new policy, which will take effect Sept. 11, allows USCIS to “deny the (application) for failure to establish eligibility based on lack of required initial evidence.”

Read the full article here.

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