美国移民局新政策：就业型移民身份调整要求本人面试,美国移民基金微信公众号文章

2017年8月28日

美国移民局2017年8月28日通知公众，所有就业型移民的申请人身份调整（I-485表格），和所有难民／寻求政治避难者相关的申请（I-730表格），将要求本人面试。这些改变的生效日为2017年10月1日。制定新政策旨在检测欺诈。

目前政策

当前，美国移民局通常对通过EB-1、 EB-2、EB-3、EB-4或EB-5类别下获得就业型绿卡的申请人的身份调整免去本人面试。在罕见的情况下，美国移民局会对就业型绿卡的申请人面试，通常是为了核实这份申请中的某些信息。大部分从EB-1至EB-5类别下的就业型绿卡申请人会通过美国移民局平邮的书面邮件，获得他们的绿卡批准。

相较之下，所有的婚姻型的绿卡申请人寻求I-485身份调整时会被美国移民局要求本人面试。

新面试要求

从2017年10月1日开始，所有寻求I-485身份调整的人员，依照就业型绿卡申请，在收到绿卡身份前将会收到一个面试预约。面试将在当地的美国移民局办公室进行。申请人参加美国移民局的面试将是强制性要求。美国移民局将通过信件的方式向申请人发出面试预约。但美国移民局通常会给申请改变面试预约时间的机会，这类改变必须提前向美国移民局递交书面申请。

考虑到大量的本人面试，对I-485申请处理时间的影响让人担忧。I.A.Donoso & Associates 律师事务所的顾问律师David Morris提醒大家，这个新政策将增加美国移民局处理就业型绿卡申请人的I-485身份调整审理时间，或长达数月。目前美国移民局对I-485身份调整申请的处理时间约为8个月。对于EB-5投资人来说，Morris不希望看到新政策或将要求在I-829申请阶段面试，那将增加美国移民局的处理时间，从现在的2年+增加到3年 +。除此之外，美国移民局还未解决什么时候额外增加的专业人员将能开始投入到新面试工作中，也未解释是否将为家庭类别的绿卡申请采取措施，避免更长的签证面试等待时间。

I.A. Donoso & Associates律所的总律师IgnacioDonoso，预计雇主和申请人将需要在面试前做足准备。有两项因素会为面试规划增加额外的复杂性：(a)美国移民局规则允许就业型申请人的I-485身份调整，有至少180天待审批时间可换工作，不需要重新开始绿卡申请流程，和(b)对印度、中国和墨西哥公民的EB-1、EB-2 和 EB-3类别下，长达数年的就业型绿卡申请的签证排期。这两项加起来意味着就业型身份调整的申请人将会被问到其多年前离开的工作和雇主相关问题。

原文来自： www.donosolaw.com

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04 Sep New USCIS Policy: In-Person Interviews Required for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status

August 28, 2017 – USCIS today notified the public that it will require in-person interviews for all employment-based adjustment of status applicants (Form I-485), and all refugee/asylee relative petitions (Form I-730). The effective date for these changes is October 1, 2017. The stated goal of the new policy is detecting fraud.

Current Policy

Presently, USCIS generally waives in-person interviews for adjustment of status applicants who are obtaining work-based green cards under the EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4 or EB-5 classifications. In the rare instances where USCIS interviews an applicant under a work-based green card, it is usually to verify certain information in the application. Most work-based green card applicants in the EB-1 to EB-5 classifications obtain approval of their green cards in a written USCIS letter delivered by regular mail.

By contrast, all marriage-based green card applicants seeking I-485 adjustment of status are asked to appear in-person for an interview by USCIS.

New Interview Requirement

Starting October 1, 2017, all persons seeking I-485 adjustment of status pursuant to an employment based green card petition will be given an interview appointment before receiving green card status.

Interviews are held at the local district offices of USCIS. The applicant’s appearance at the USCIS interview will be obligatory. USCIS will issue interview appointments by letter to the applicant. Though USCIS typically provides an opportunity to request a change in the date of the interview appointment, such changes must be requested in writing ahead of time and submitted to USCIS.

Given the expansion of in-person interviews, the effect on I-485 processing times are concerning. David Morris, Of Counsel to I.A. Donoso & Associates, warns that this new policy will add months to USCIS processing of I-485 adjustment of status applications for employment-based green card petitions. Current USCIS processing times for I-485 adjustment of status applications are approximately 8 months. As applied to EB-5 investors, Morris averts that the new policy will require an interview at the I-829 stage, which could take the total USCIS processing times from the current average of 2+ years to nearly 3 years. Further, USCIS has not addressed when additional trained personnel will be available to process new interviews, and has not explained whether steps are being taken to avoid longer waiting periods for visa interviews in the family-based green card categories.

Ignacio Donoso, Managing Attorney at I.A. Donoso & Associates, expects that employers and applicants will need to prepare diligently ahead of time for interviews. Two factors add additional complexity to interview planning: (a) USCIS rules allow an individual who has an employment-based application for an I-485 adjustment of status pending for at least 180 days to change jobs without restarting the green card process, and (b) the years-long visa backlog for employment-based green cards in the EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 classifications for citizens of India, China and Mexico. Together, these two factors mean that employment-based adjustment of status applicants will be asked about jobs and employers that they may have left years ago.

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