DHS Issues Guidance on DOMA Implementation

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.

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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 13070240.

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