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Article: U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES UPDATE: U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES ISSUES GUIDANCE FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services issued the following press release:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today issued guidance on requesting deferred action for surviving spouses of U.S. citizens who died before the second anniversary of their marriage. Surviving spouses qualify for this temporary program if they were married to, but not legally separated from, their U.S. citizen spouse at the time of that spouse's death; did not remarry; and are currently residing in the United States.
Surviving spouses qualify for deferred action regardless of whether the U.S. citizen spouse filed a Form I-130 ...