United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Policy Manual Chapter Four

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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Policy Manual Chapter Four

Subject

Eligibility rules and laws governing how people who entered the U.S. before 1972 may seek legal immigration status

Description

This chapter of the USCIS Policy Manual explains the rules governing how people, like Teresa Reyes Trujillo and "George" Yuke Kee Lee, who entered the U.S. before 1972, may seek legal immigration status. It explains the relevant laws and eligibility rules as well as approval codes found in A-files. The details around the requirements, including "good moral character," provide the context behind some of the materials, including church records, that Trujillo and Lee submitted to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and which have been collected in their respective A-files.

Creator

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Publisher

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Date

Website says it is current as of October 10, 2024

Rights

Public Domain

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Website

Type

Website

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Local URL

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-o-chapter-4

Citation

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), “United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Policy Manual Chapter Four,” Migrants and the State, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/2024/a-files/items/show/17.

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