Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS Memo on Adjudication of Special Rule Cancellation Requests within Eighth and Ninth Circuits
3/16/15
AILA Doc. No. 15051111.
Asylum & Refugees, Cancellation, Suspension & 212(c), Removal & Relief
USCIS memo stating that for applications for special rule cancellation under NACARA adjudicated in the Eighth/Ninth circuits, asylum officers must calculate the 7-year continuous physical presence and good moral character period from the filing date the Form I-881, not the date of the adjudication.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 15051111.
Related Resources
- Suspension of Deportation and Special Rule Cancellation of Removal under NACARA –Asylum Division Officer Training Course
- ABC/NACARA Procedures Manual: section XVI. PROCESSING AT CONCLUSION OF NACARA/ASYLUM INTERVIEW, E. Requests for Withdrawal ofl-881
- CA8 Defines Relevant Period of GMC for Special Rule Cancellation of Removal (Cuadra v. Gonzalez, 8/10/05)
- CA9 Says NACARA Seven-Year Good Moral Character Period Ends on Filing Date (Aragon v. Holder, 10/2/14)