U.S. Citizenship and Immigration policy update Nov 13,2017

New USCIS Policy Memorandum 10/30/2017 The following Immigration Policy Memorandum is now available in the Policy Memoranda section of the USCIS website: Revised Guidance for Processing Cases Subject to Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Rescission of the Prior Hold Policy for Such Cases This change in the TRIG hold policy allows USCIS to issue final decisions in cases that have been on hold for an extended period of time. New USCIS Policy Memo 11/09/2017 The following Immigration Policy Memorandum is now available in the Policy Memoranda section of the USCIS website Matter of G- Inc., Adopted Decision 2017-05 PM-602-0148 Matter of G- Inc. clarifies that, to establish that a beneficiary will be employed in a managerial capacity as a “function manager,” the petitioner must demonstrate that: (1) the function is a clearly defined activity; (2) the function is “essential,” i.e., core to the organization; (3) the beneficiary will primarily manage, as opposed to perform, the function; (4) the beneficiary will act at a senior level within the organizational hierarchy or with respect to the function managed; and (5) the beneficiary will exercise discretion over the function’s day-to-day operations.