Field adjudicators manual

 · The USCIS Policy Manual is the agency’s centralized online repository for USCIS’ immigration policies. The Policy Manual is replacing the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM), the USCIS Immigration Policy Memoranda site, and other USCIS policy repositories. The Policy Manual contains separate volumes pertaining to different areas of. Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) The USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) is a dynamic document that is used by the USCIS to disseminate policies and procedures to the vast amount of adjudicators involved with administering immigration benefits.  · Adjudicator’s Field Manual – Redacted Public Version Posted on Decem by Mike Baker Updated through , the online public version of the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) comprehensively details USCIS policies and procedures for adjudicating applications and petitions.

Below is an excerpt of USCIS's Adjudicators Field Manual as it relates to E-2 Treaty Investor Visa. This section is all there is from the field manual, but not all there is to the tools and policies available to the adjudicator. This is a good starting point in the evaluation, prior to filing if an E-2 visa application will be successful or not. 9 FAM General Requirements for E-1 and E-2 Visas. 9 FAM (A) Qualifying Treaty or Equivalent (CT:VISA; ) INA (a)(15)(E) requires the existence of a qualifying treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and a foreign State in order for E visa classification to be accorded to nationals of that foreign State. The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and associated Handbooks (FAHs) are a single, comprehensive, and authoritative source for the Department's organization structures, policies, and procedures that govern the operations of the State Department, the Foreign Service and, when applicable, other federal agencies. The FAM (generally policy) and the FAHs (generally procedures) together convey codified.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Crosswalk Between the Adjudicator’s Field Manual and the Policy Manual. J. Adjudicator’s Field Manual. Adjudicator’s Field Manual NOTE: The USCIS Policy Manual. is our centralized online repository for immigration policies. We are working quickly to update and move material from the Adjudicator’s Field Manual to the Policy Manual. Please check that resource, along with our Policy Memoranda page, to verify information. Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) The USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) is a dynamic document that is used by the USCIS to disseminate policies and procedures to the vast amount of adjudicators involved with administering immigration benefits.