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DHS Issues Guidance on DOMA Implementation

7/1/13 AILA Doc. No. 13070240. Family Immigration, Family-Based Immigrants, LGBTQ
DHS FAQs on the effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling that Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional. USCs and LPRs in same-sex marriages can now sponsor their spouses for immigrant visas. In evaluating the petition, USCIS will generally look to the law of the place where the marriage took place.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 13070240.