A policy alert is USCIS guidance to its own officers, not a regulation. It governs how USCIS adjudicates, and it can be revised or withdrawn without rulemaking.
What the document says
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, including adding examples of evidence for individuals in critical and emerging technologies.
Who the document names
Visa categories
O-1 extraordinary ability
Where the document says this
- O-1 extraordinary ability: “Policy alert: Evidentiary Requirements for O-1 Nonimmigrants”
Whether it applies to a particular person depends on facts this record does not have.
Related changes
Agency updatePublished Aug 4, 2025
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to support and align with Executive Order (EO) 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. EO 14201 directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop policies to prevent the entry of male athletes seeking to compete in women’s sports.
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- Source
- USCIS Policy Manual, checked Aug 2, 2026
- Review
- Classified automatically; not reviewed by a person
- The updates page does not publish an effective date. Where the guidance states one, it is in the linked document. This event does not assert an effective date it cannot cite.
- Affected Policy Manual sections, as listed by USCIS: 2 USCIS-PM M.3; 2 USCIS-PM M.4; 2 USCIS-PM M.9 (Nonimmigrants).
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