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Recently, two precedent decisions made by the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) have been issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS.) These two decisions will serve as binding precedents for the future cases that are dealt by USCIS. Apart from guiding the USCIS adjudicators, these two precedent decisions will also aid in providing predictability to the general public. Usually, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collaborates with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to arrive at the AAO precedent decisions.
During the proclamation, Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, stated that USCIS' commitment to adherence to the immigration laws is evident from the issuance of the two precedent decisions. He also expressed his gratitude for the cooperation of the Justice Department in promoting the immigration cases' predictability. He added that USCIS will works towards issuing more precedent decisions.
The DHS in concurrence with the Attorney General makes the AAO precedent decisions to serve as a basis to decide future cases of similar issues. All DHS personnel will then incorporate the Administrative Appeals Office decisions in implementing the immigration laws after they are issued by the Department of Justice. The AAO decisions are published in the "Administrative Decisions Under Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States." The DOJ's Board of Immigration Appeals' precedent decisions will also be published in this bound volume.
The first Administrative Appeals Office decision confirms that USCIS may deny an application to adjust status to permanent residence. In case, the employment-based petition has to remain valid for a new job, the petition must be valid initially. The second decision can reverse USCIS' denial for an employment-based petition to safeguard permanent residence for naturalization purposes.
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