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Policy alert: Second Preference Eligibility for National Interest Waiver Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how USCIS evaluates eligibility for second preference classification for national interest waiver petitions, for which the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) does not certify the job offer requirements.
What this means
- This updates material the agency had already published. It changes existing guidance rather than creating a new requirement on its own. (classification: updated_information)
- The document names EB-2 second preference. It may identify others — read the original to be sure. (impact.stated (unspecified))
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Who is affected
Visa categoriesEB-2 second preference
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- 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 It governs how USCIS adjudicates, and it can be revised or withdrawn without rulemaking.
- 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: 6 USCIS-PM F.5 (Immigrants).