美国公民及移民服务局澳门威尼斯人注册F学生和J交流访问者非法居留累积的政策变更
USCIS announced a 重大政策变化 relating to the accrual of “unlawful presence” for F, J, and M nonimmigrants. Effective August 9, 2018, any F-1 student or J-1 exchange visitor who violates immigration status, may immediately begin to accrue unlawful presence that could subject them to the 3- or 10-year reentry bar provisions of 在212 (a) (9) (B).
This policy shift does not change the regulations related to 保持合法的移民身份. For instance, there is no change to the regulations related to 学术登记, the limits on 就业授权, the importance of maintaining 有效的移民文件, or your SEVIS报告要求. 然而，现在违反地位的后果要高得多。
Under the previous immigration policy, an F and J nonimmigrant admitted to the US for “D/S” (“duration of status”) who later violated the terms of their immigration status, would begin to accrue “unlawful presence” only after a formal finding of status violation was made by USCIS officer or an immigration judge. 根据新政策，即使没有政府官员或法官的正式裁决，F - J非移民也可能在身份违规发生的第二天开始累积非法居留。 累计非法居留6个月的学生和交流访问者可能被禁止3年进入美国，累计非法居留一年或以上的学生可能被禁止10年进入美国。 这项新政策也适用于18岁以上的F-2和J-2家属。
A status violation for a student or exchange visitor might include staying in the US beyond the expiration of their I-20 or DS-2019, staying in the US beyond the end of a “date-certain” I-94, dropping below the required full-time registration requirement, or working without appropriate 就业授权. Any event that leads to termination of a student or exchange visitor’s immigration record in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) might also be considered a status violation.
由于这一政策变化，对于F学生和J交流访问者来说，在发生任何身份违规行为后，立即采取澳门威尼斯人注册行动尽快纠正是至关重要的。 这可能涉及离开美国并重新入境以重新获得合法移民身份。 如果不能迅速解决身份违规问题，可能会导致长达10年的美国长期禁令。 如果您对这一政策变化可能影响您的案件有任何疑问，请直接联系您的ISSO顾问，或要求转介给知识渊博的移民律师。
