Prawo i regulacje · 14.06.1996

Conditions on Nonimmigrant Status: Disclosure of Information

This rule proposes to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service (``the Service'') regulations by removing the current regulatory language conditioning an alien's nonimmigrant status on his or her providing full and truthful information requested by the Service, regardless of the requested information's materiality. This proposed regulation would clarify that a nonimmigrant's maintenance of status is conditioned on, among other things, the provision of all information deemed necessary to ensure that the alien has acquired, and is maintaining, lawful nonimmigrant status during the entire period of his or her stay, or that the alien is eligible to receive a benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (``the Act''). This rule addresses the concern expressed by the court in Romero v. I.N.S., 39 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 1994), that, under the current wording of the regulations, the Service may elicit information unrelated to that required to ensure the alien's continued eligibility for nonimmigrant status or benefits under the Act.