USCIS Deference to Prior Approvals
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To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-10-14 — Removing Deference to Prior USCIS Determinations of Eligibility: Proposed rule would end USCIS’s practice of deferring to prior approvals when adjudicating extensions of the same nonimmigrant petition, requiring de novo proof of eligibility on each extension even when underlying facts are unchanged. (novelty: 3)
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Removing Deference to Prior USCIS Determinations of Eligibility
14-oct-2026
novelty 3
per-area 3
introduces