2019 discretionary work-authorization guidance for parolees rescinded
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Policy effect
From August 12, 2021, USCIS rescinded its August 19, 2019 policy guidance on discretionary employment authorization for noncitizens paroled into the United States. The rescinded guidance had been issued in response to presidential documents and a national emergency that were revoked or terminated in 2021. The change withdrew that guidance; it did not state that every parolee automatically received work authorization.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of the Director Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009 August 12, 2021 PA-2021-18 Policy Alert SUBJECT: Rescinding Guidance on Discretionary Employment Authorization for Parolees Purpose U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rescinding policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on discretionary employment authorization for parolees. Background In 2019, USCIS published guidance in the Policy Manual to address USCIS’ discretion to grant employment authorization to noncitizens paroled into the United States. 1 This guidance was issued in respon … se to a 2019 presidential proclamation and related national emergency and a 2017 executive order. The President terminated the national emergency and revoked these presidential documents in 2021. 2 As the guidance on employment authorization for parolees was issued in response to the terminated national emergency and revoked presidential documents, USCIS is now rescinding the guidance. This Policy Manual update is effective immediately. The guidance contained in the Policy Manual is controlling and supersedes any related prior guidance on the topic. Policy Highlights • Rescinds guidance on dis … cretionary employment authorization for parolees in Volume 10 and relocates general information regarding parole to Volume 3. • Removes references to revoked presidential documents throughout the Policy Manual. Citation Volume 10: Employment Authorization, Part B, Specific Categories, Chapter 2, Parolees [10 USCIS-PM B.2]; Volume 3, Humanitarian Protection and Parole, Part F, Parolees, Chapter 1, Purpose and Background [3 USCIS-PM F.1]; Volume 1, General Policies and Procedures, Part C, Biometrics and Security Checks, Chapter 1, Purpose and Background [1 USCIS-PM C.1]. 1 See Employment Authori …
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