2025年2月26日 · During the BFD process, USCIS first determines whether a pending petition is bona fide. Second, USCIS, in its discretion, determines whether the petitioner poses a risk to national security or public safety, and otherwise merits a favorable exercise of discretion.

2022年10月29日 · If a principal petitioner receives a bona fide determination, and the principal petitioner merits a favorable exercise of discretion, they will be issued an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) and deferred action, and their petition will be placed in the queue in receipt date order to await final adjudication for U nonimmigrant status.

2025年2月26日 · Through the BFD process, USCIS may exercise discretion to grant deferred action [3] and a BFD Employment Authorization Document (BFD EAD) to aliens with pending, bona fide applications for T nonimmigrant status. This process promotes victim stability and continued cooperation with law enforcement.

In general, USCIS will not favorably exercise discretion to grant BFD EAD and deferred action if the petitioner has been convicted, or even just arrested, for: • Acts that raise national security concerns (USCIS references the security-related ground of

2024年5月1日 · USCIS issued a policy alert on June 14, 2021, announcing changes to the Policy Manual that would implement USCIS’s authority to perform bona fide determinations, or BFDs, for pending U nonimmigrant status petitions and provide EADs and deferred action to those who meet certain discretionary standards.

2021年6月20日 · C14 U Visa Deferred Action EAD is valid for 2 years. U Visa BFD EAD is valid for 4 years. C14 U Visa Deferred Action EAD requires the USCIS to decide the filed U Visa petition is approvable. U Visa BFD EAD does not requires such judgement from the USCIS. Therefore, we can expect a much shorter adjudication period for U Visa BFD EAD.

BFD is an attempt to get individuals EADs and deferred action sooner. USCIS has also stated that the BFD will satisfy the prima facie standard that ICE considers when granting a stay of

USCIS will conduct an initial review of Form I-918 and will issue Bona Fide Determination (BFD) EADs and Deferred Action for 4 years to U petitioners and qualifying family members if USCIS deems their petition “bona fide”, instead of completing a full waiting list adjudication.

2021年10月15日 · To be considered for a bona fide determination (BFD) as a principal U petitioner, the petitioner must submit a complete Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status along with Form I-918, Supplement B, U Nonimmigrant Visa Status Certification signed no more than six months prior to submission, and a personal statement.

In June 2021, USCIS announced very significant changes to the way employment authorizations (also known as EADs) are handled for noncitizens with a pending I-918 immigration petition or application: The Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Process.