USCIS announced today that the agency is once again providing deference to prior determinations for extension requests with no material change! This policy is in accordance with long-standing guidance issued by the agency in 2004, but rescinded in 2017. This is a major step towards addressing the current case backlogs in the system right now.

According to USCIS today: USCIS is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual instructing officers to give deference to prior determinations when adjudicating extension requests involving the same parties and facts unless there was a material error, material change, or new material facts.

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