Title 8, Part 204 — Immigrant Petitions

General information about immediate relative and family-sponsored petitions.

Petitions for relatives, widows and widowers, and abused spouses and children.

Orphan cases under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Act (non-Hague Adoption Convention cases).

Amerasian child of a United States citizen.

Petitions for employment-based immigrants.

Petitions for employment creation immigrants.

Preservation of benefits contained in savings clause of Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976.

[Reserved]

Special immigrant status for certain aliens who have served honorably (or are enlisted to serve) in the Armed Forces of the United States for at least 12 years.

[Reserved]

Special immigrant juvenile classification.

How can second-preference immigrant physicians be granted a national interest waiver based on service in a medically underserved area or VA facility?

How can the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States Broadcasting Board of Governors petition for a fourth preference special immigrant broadcaster?

Scope of this subpart.

Definitions.

Role of service providers.

Determination of habitual residence.

Improper inducement prohibited.

State preadoption requirements.

Classification as an immediate relative based on a Convention adoption.

Who may file a Form I-800A or Form I-800.

Where to file Form I-800A or Form I-800.

Factors requiring denial of a Form I-800A or Form I-800.

Filing requirements for Form I-800A.

Convention adoption home study requirements.

Adjudication of the Form I-800A.

Filing and adjudication of a Form I-800.

Appeal.