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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas cordially invited stakeholders to participate in a day-long national stakeholder symposium on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
USCIS will host a series of webinars in June 2012 to give interested individuals an opportunity to view the different features of USCIS ELIS and ask questions about the new system.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Service Center Operations Directorate invited any interested individuals to participate in the bi-monthly stakeholder teleconference scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (Eastern).
The USCIS Terrorist-Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG) Working Group hosted its quarterly stakeholder meeting on June 5, 2012 at 1:30 pm (EDT) in the White Oak Conference Room at 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The California and Vermont Service Centers hosted a joint external stakeholder meeting on Thursday, April 5, 2012 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (Pacific Time).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted two teleconferences on May 31, 2012 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am or 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Eastern) to discuss the transition to centralized Lockbox filing of Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, filed by applicants outside the U.S. The same engagement was held at two different times to accommodate participants domestically and abroad.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited any interested individuals to participate in a teleconference seminar for civil surgeons on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (Eastern).
On Tuesday May 22, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched the initial release of its new electronic immigration system, USCIS ELIS. USCIS ELIS is the agency's first-ever online immigration system created to modernize the process for both filing and adjudicating immigration benefits.
On February 29, 2012, the USCIS Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS) hosted an engagement with American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) representatives. USCIS discussed issues related to operations and adjudications. The information below provides a review of the questions solicited by AILA and the responses provided by USCIS.
Secretary Napolitano announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be extended to eligible Syrian nationals as of March 29, 2012.