February 4, 2004
A recent memo from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reports that there have been some delays in the processing of Advance Parole documents due to insufficient quantities of the correct type of security paper and delays at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. The CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) paper stock has to be re-branded with the logo for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The AILA memo states that "In the interim, CIS arranged for additional printing using the old INS format, and additional form stock was forwarded to the Service Centers on 1/15/04," and "At least one Service Center has indicated that impacted applications for advance parole are a priority and will be worked ASAP once it receives the appropriate security paper."
This memo was posted last week, so hopefully the additional paper has arrived and the delays are already in the process of being resolved while we are writing this article.
Information obtained from AILA Infonet at Doc. No. 04012343 (Jan. 23, 2004)
A recent memo from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reports that there have been some delays in the processing of Advance Parole documents due to insufficient quantities of the correct type of security paper and delays at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. The CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) paper stock has to be re-branded with the logo for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The AILA memo states that "In the interim, CIS arranged for additional printing using the old INS format, and additional form stock was forwarded to the Service Centers on 1/15/04," and "At least one Service Center has indicated that impacted applications for advance parole are a priority and will be worked ASAP once it receives the appropriate security paper."
This memo was posted last week, so hopefully the additional paper has arrived and the delays are already in the process of being resolved while we are writing this article.
Information obtained from AILA Infonet at Doc. No. 04012343 (Jan. 23, 2004)