See also clarification at Doc. No. 01121334
REPORT OF ISD TELECONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 29, 2001
by Sharryn Ross, Chair, ISD Liaison Committee
1. Simultaneous filing of V visa with waiver. In response to our inquiry, INS
confirmed that an I-601 waiver based on a crime of moral turpitude can be filed
simultaneously with an I-539 when applying for a V visa.
2. Section 106 of AC21. In response to our inquiry, INS agrees that Section 106 of
AC21 allows for filing of a 7thyear H-1 for someone who had filed a labor cert more than
365 days ago and has an approved I-140.
3. Savings clauses in Patriot Act. INS is currently drafting a memo
to establish evidentiary standards under the recently-enacted Patriot Act and hopes to
have the memo out shortly.
4. Change of address for naturalization cases. In response to our request, INS has
worked out a procedure with the National Customer Service line to allow attorneys to call
in for the clients to change the client's address. The attorney will be asked to respond
to several identifying questions about the client and will asked for his or her state ID
number so that the customer service representatives can verify that they are speaking with
the applicant's attorney.
5. Conrad 20 cases. AILA asked INS to consider allowing early filings of adjustment
of status applications for individuals subject to the 3 year restrictions of the Conrad 20
or other similar waivers, but INS replied that the early filing is only allowed for
Physicians applying for National Interest Waivers under the specific regulations for that
type of case.
Approved for distribution by Steve Bucher, INS ISD
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