Beginning October 1, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service (USCIS) will begin a staggered rollout of a new notice to
appear (NTA) policy. The first phase of the rollout does
not include employment-based petitions.
The NTA policy authorizes immigration officers to issue NTAs and
thus initiate the first step in removal (deportation) proceedings
for those deemed to be removable from the United States after the
denial of an immigration benefit. USCIS deployed the NTA policy in
July 2018 but then later put it on hold while it developed
additional guidance for the policy's application.
In a recent announcement and during a September 27, 2018,
stakeholder teleconference, USCIS offered additional details about
the policy's implementation and highlighted the following
information:
