Immigration Law Complete Hyperlinked includes:
USCIS Policy Manual, Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) and Administrative Appeals Office Practice Manual (AAO Practice Manual);
8 C.F.R. - Aliens and Nationality and 22 C.F.R. - Department of State;
INA - Immigration and Nationality Act - U.S.C. Title 8 Chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15 U.S.C.;
FAM Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual - 8 FAM and 9 FAM;
IFM - Customs and Border Protection Inspector's Field Manual; and
EOIR Immigration Court Practice Manual and Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual (BIA).
Without all of these resources it is difficult to get a complete and thorough understanding of United States Immigration Law. The Codes, Regulations and Manuals included have been hyperlinked and reformatted to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Immigration Law.
The USCIS Policy Manual along with the AFM - Adjudicator's Field Manual provide guidance for all Immigration Law decisions made by the USCIS. Included are cross-references to the INA, the Code of Regulations, the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), and relevant Court decisions. Each are hyperlinked to make the cross-references easy to access without the need to refer to additional books or searching the internet for the resource. The USCIS Policy Manual includes 4589 external links to outside sources referenced. [Current as of 05/21/2021].
The Administrative Appeals Office Practice Manual provides appeals procedures for adverse USCIS decisions. [Current as
of 04/29/2020].
INA - Title 8 United States Code includes Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15. The INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) is classified principally to Chapter 12 of Title 8 USC. The INA and the Code are hyperlinked to easily reference the INA Section to the Code Section. All Notes and Amendments are included. [Current as of 01/13/2021].
8 C.F.R. - Title 8 Code of Federal Regulations includes Chapters I and V which reference both the INA and U.S.C. Title 8 throughout. Each referenced term, rule, and element is Hyperlinked to the full text of the INA, Regulation, FAM Section, or IFM Section that establishes the authority for the rule or privides further explanation. [Current as of 01/01/2021].
22 C.F.R. - Title 22 Code of Federal Regulations includes sections of the Department of State Code which is also hyperlinked to the referenced code or section. [Selected sections Current as of 01/01/2021].
The FAM - Foreign Affairs Manual contains the rules used by the Department of State to process Immigration Cases. It includes clear explanations of rules used for all Immigration cases. [Current as of 05/21/2021].
The IFM - Customs and Border Protection Inspector's Field Manual was published by court order based on an FOIA request in 2011. It contains material dated 2/10/2006, the manual is useful to get a complete understanding of Immigration Law.
The EOIR Immigration Court Practice Manual and Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual (BIA) provide the procedural rules that govern Immigration Court proceedings and procedures to appeal the decisions made by the Immigration Courts and by DHS Officials. [Current as of 12/07/2020 and 10/05/2020 respectively].
Finally, included are 54 important cases cited from the Supreme Court and precedent decisions of the BIA which have been incorporated by hyperlink in the appropriate code section. Also included are the Constitutional Rights of aliens in deportation proceedings. The table of contents U.S.C. section can be used as a handy INA to 8 U.S.C. Conversion table.
10,800; total pages including legislative and executive history, Amendments, and Notes; And 201,165 hyperlinks. File size: 12 MB.
