Agency updatePublished Jun 24, 2025Changes requirements
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update agency guidance on when a valid marriage between a principal asylee or principal refugee and a derivative spouse has taken place.
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Asylum
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Asylum: “Policy alert: Clarifying Refugee and Asylee Marriage Validity”
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to require officers to suggest Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing as an optional form of evidence to establish a claimed genetic relationship in cases where primary evidence is unavailable, unreliable, or insufficient to establish a claimed genetic relationship, in situations where an officer determines additional evidence is necessary.
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Affected Policy Manual sections, as listed by USCIS: 4 USCIS-PM C.2; 4 USCIS-PM C.4 (Refugees and Asylees).
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