Implementation of a family reunification parole process (FRP) for Salvadorans.

Policy effect

Implementation of a family reunification parole process (FRP) for Salvadorans.

Conditions and exceptions

Recorded validated scope: Family reunification parole process.

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Reunification Parole Process for Salvadorans. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) creation and implementation of a family reunification parole process (FRP) for Salvadorans. Under this process, certain Salvadoran principal beneficiaries of an approved Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, and their immediate family members, will be issued advance authorization to travel to the United States to seek a discretionary grant of parole into the United States for a period of up to three years, rather than remain outside the United States while awaiting availability of their immigrant visas. This process will allow family members to reunite in the United States while they wait for their immigrant visas to become available. This process is voluntary and intended to provide an additional lawful, safe, and orderly avenue for migration from El Salvador to the United States as an alternative to irregular migration to help relieve pressure at the Southwest Border (SWB) and reunite families, consistent with U.S. national security interests and foreign policy priorities. The process complements … States to seek parole at an interior POE. Individuals who are eligible to be considered for parole under this process include nationals of El Salvador who are beneficiaries of an approved Form I-130 family-based immigrant petition, as well as their immediate family members, who are outside the United States and who have not yet received an immigrant visa. Like the CFRP and HFRP processes, this process requires that the Form I-130 petitioner first receive an invitation to request consideration for advance authorization to travel and parole on behalf of the Salvadoran principal beneficiary of the … approved Form I-130 and the principal beneficiary's immediate family members. As in the CFRP and HFRP processes, this invitation requirement will allow DHS to adjust the number of invitations issued based on the resources available to process requests and to achieve desired policy objectives. If issued advance authorization to travel, the beneficiary will be permitted to travel to the United States to be considered for a discretionary grant of parole on a case-by-case basis at an interior POE. Noncitizens paroled into the United States under this FRP process will generally be paroled for up to three years, consistent with the HFRP process. If granted parole into the United States, parolees will be able to request employment authorization while they wait for their immigrant visa to become available and to apply for adjustment of status to that of an LPR once an immigrant visa becomes available to them. As with the CFRP and HFRP processes, under this FRP process for Salvadorans, parole will only be authorized on a discretionary, case- by-case, and temporary basis upon a demonstration of urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, as well as a demonstration that the beneficiary …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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