Biden Administration’s USCIS Reinstates Longstanding, Employer-Friendly Deference Policy
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/05/21
As of April 27, 2021, the Biden administration has reinstated a longstanding policy of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) that the Trump administration revoked in its first year. The reinstated policy, commonly referred to as the “Deference Policy,” had been in place since April 2004. The policy instructed USCIS officers to give deference to prior employment visa determinations when adjudicating visa extension requests involving the same parties and facts unless there was a...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP