9 FAM 202.4
(U) FAMILY MEMBERS OF FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS
PAROLE PROGRAM (FP-1 OR FP-D) PROCESSING
(CT:VISA-789; 05-16-2019)
(Office of Origin: CA/VO/L/R)
9 FAM 202.4-1 (U) Overview of
Family Members of Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program
(CT:VISA-282; 01-19-2017)
(U) U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has developed a parole program to expedite family
reunifications for qualifying family members of certain Filipino WWII
veterans. Consular sections will issue these individuals boarding foils, with
either a FP-1 (principal applicant) or FP-D (derivative) classification. The
Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program (FWVP) benefits only qualifying
Filipino WWII veteran family members with approved or reinstated I-130
petitions who are waiting for their priority dates to become current. You
should review these cases in a similar manner as you would a typical IV
preference case. Where USCIS is co-located with a consular section, the USCIS
office will adjudicate these case files, but consular sections will still have
a role in developing a boarding foil. All work performed on behalf of USCIS
will be captured under the Economy Act, and the service will be tracked for
invoicing purposes through adjudicated case volumes captured at the NVC.
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9 FAM 202.4-4 (U) Procedures When
USCIS is not Co-Located at Post
9 FAM 202.4-4(A) (U) Overview
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9 FAM 202.4-4(B) (U) Consular
Officer Determination of Eligibility
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a. (U) The consular section receives
hard-copy and electronic case files from NVC and stamps the hard-copy file with
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Interview Appointment Scheduling:
(1) (U) Following the NVC
instructions to the petitioner (or self-petitioner), the beneficiary contacts
the consular section to schedule an interview appointment.
(2) (U) If neither the
petitioner nor the beneficiary contact Post to schedule the interview within
six months, the Consular section should send the case to USCIS Manila for the
case to be denied.
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c. (U) Approved
files: The applicant will only travel to the United States with his/her
boarding foil, a sealed envelope containing the panel physicians medical
report, and the IV applicant summary page. The rest of the content of the
applicants case must be sent to USCIS at the following address:
REFUGEE, ASYLUM AND INTL OPS
Mail Stop - 2100
20 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW, SUITE 3009
WASHINGTON, DC 20529
ATTN: RIA Records
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(a) (U) If the beneficiary,
petitioner, and/or representative (if applicable) do not respond to a INA
221(g) letter (or if the beneficiary does not appear for the interview), then
you must prepare a Consular Return memo, indicating that the beneficiary failed
to appear for an interview and citing all the attempts made to contact the
beneficiary, petitioner, and/or representative. This applies to instances
where the case was refused under INA 221(g) pending a request for
documentation, and the applicant has failed to respond after six months.
(i) (U) NVC Notice of Case
Transfer;
(ii) (U) Notice of Interview
(sent by consular section); and
(iii) (U) Notice of Failure to
Appear for Interview (sent by consular section).
(U) NOTE: If at any
point the beneficiary, petitioner and/or representative (if applicable) contact
the consular section to try to schedule or reschedule an interview, you should
make every attempt to schedule the beneficiary interview.
(b) (U) If neither the petitioner
nor the beneficiary contact Post to schedule the interview within six months,
the consular section should send the case to USCIS Manila for the case to be
denied following the process discussed above for cases where the parole is
denied but the IV petition is still valid. In all such cases, post should
include a basic memo or cover letter to USCIS Manila informing of the basis for
recommended denial.
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