Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS Issues Policy Alert on DNA Testing in Requests for Additional Evidence
8/6/26
AILA Doc. No. 26080602.
Asylum & Refugees, Family Immigration, Family-Based Immigrants, Naturalization & Citizenship
USCIS issued a policy alert (PA-2026-06) updating Policy Manual guidance to require officers to suggest DNA testing as an optional form of evidence to establish a claimed genetic relationship when an officer determines additional evidence is necessary. Feedback is due 9/7/26.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 26080602.
Accessible to Public.