Joe Biden’s administration announced Thursday that it has updated the process for reviewing applications for admission or humanitarian parole for immigrants from Cuba.and Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti, due to the large number of applications it received.
The temporary program grants legal entry permits by air into the United States per month to 30,000 immigrants per month from those four countries that have sponsors in the country who will support them financially.
since wednesday, USCIS has begun randomly selecting approximately half of all monthly applicationsAnd the agency explained in a statement, regardless of the date of receipt Quoted by EFE.
The other half of the monthly total will be reviewed based on when the application was submitted, with older cases given priority, as was done previously.
USCIS updated the process because The number of sponsors who have filed Form I-134A” is well over 30,000 authorizations Available monthly travel.
The agency said the goal of this change in the review process was to “maintain a meaningful and equal opportunity for all applicants” to present their case.
As warned No more than one application per case will be accepted.
Applicants and sponsors can check the processing status of their cases on the agency’s website.
The Biden administration implemented the program in October 2022 for Venezuelans and in January 2023 added applicants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua.
Last April, 28,738 immigrants from the four countries entered the United States thanks to this program, according to figures from Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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