Updated 12/08/01: Important International Travelling Advisory for Nonimmigrants/Immigrants
The INS is tightening inspection process at the port of entry and restricts admission of aliens in possession of defective documents or without possession of proper documents. Until now, the INS inspectors have been temporarily paroling into the U.S. certain aliens arriving at the international airport for deferred inspection at the District Offices later or otherwise. They even admitted certain aliens without passport or visa.
On November 28 2001, the INS HQ instructed all the field immigration officers and inspectors that no aliens be paroled into the U.S. for whatever purposes without first obtaining express approval of higher-up Directors at the District Offices or International Inspection Post. Therefore, people arriving at the international airports in the U.S. without travelling documents or defective documents are expected to encounter unpleasant and difficult experience, even facing detention and forced removal from the airport.
AILA has reported that the INS is already taking enforcement actions at the port of entry against such arrivals. According to the news, aliens without the requisite documents are first offerred to withdraw their applications for entry, and when they refuse such offers, they are taken into custody and placed in expedited removal proceedings. Reportedly, an alien with a valid visa, but attempst to enter the U.S. in another visa status, for instance, a business visitor whose status has been changed to H-1B but failed to obtain an H-1B visa in the passport and attempts to enter the U.S. using B-1 visa in the passport, will be subject to expedited removal. Already numerous aliens otherwise entitled to E, H, L and P status have been reportedly placed in custody and subjected to expedite removal on this basis.
Watch out!! This is the holiday seasons and most of aliens are planning to travel back home. Caution, caution, caution!
The INS is tightening inspection process at the port of entry and restricts admission of aliens in possession of defective documents or without possession of proper documents. Until now, the INS inspectors have been temporarily paroling into the U.S. certain aliens arriving at the international airport for deferred inspection at the District Offices later or otherwise. They even admitted certain aliens without passport or visa.
On November 28 2001, the INS HQ instructed all the field immigration officers and inspectors that no aliens be paroled into the U.S. for whatever purposes without first obtaining express approval of higher-up Directors at the District Offices or International Inspection Post. Therefore, people arriving at the international airports in the U.S. without travelling documents or defective documents are expected to encounter unpleasant and difficult experience, even facing detention and forced removal from the airport.
AILA has reported that the INS is already taking enforcement actions at the port of entry against such arrivals. According to the news, aliens without the requisite documents are first offerred to withdraw their applications for entry, and when they refuse such offers, they are taken into custody and placed in expedited removal proceedings. Reportedly, an alien with a valid visa, but attempst to enter the U.S. in another visa status, for instance, a business visitor whose status has been changed to H-1B but failed to obtain an H-1B visa in the passport and attempts to enter the U.S. using B-1 visa in the passport, will be subject to expedited removal. Already numerous aliens otherwise entitled to E, H, L and P status have been reportedly placed in custody and subjected to expedite removal on this basis.
Watch out!! This is the holiday seasons and most of aliens are planning to travel back home. Caution, caution, caution!