Kin of Pinoy WWII Veterans may not come to US.
Pinoy WWII Veterans. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced support to certain Filipino World War II veteran family members by allowing them to come to the US as they wait for their visas to become available but noted that only those members with approved immigrant visa petitions are allowed to do so.
Granting of parole however will be on case-to-case basis. To those interested and eligible individuals, they may file their applications within a five-year period starting June 8, 2016.
The policy of discretionary grant of parole limits along waiting periods before family member may join petitioning US citizens or permanent residents in the US and become permanent residents themselves.
While those who are in Filipino-American families, this wait can exceed 20 years.
According to USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez, the parole program for the Filipino World War II Veteran’s kin is to honor that thousands of Filipinos who bravely enlisted to fight for the United States during the dark era.
“The policy will allow certain Filipino-American family members awaiting immigrant-visa issuance to come to the United States and to be with their loved ones.” Rodriguez said.
Issied in July last year, the White House report announced the parole policy, ‘Modernizing and Streamlining Our Legal Immigration System for the 21st Century.’
At present, there are already an estimated 2, 000 to 6, 000 Filipino-American World War II veterans living in the United States.
While the parole program is present, there is an exception of immediate relatives of US citizens like the number of family-sponsored immigrant visas available by the country of origin in any given year is limited by statute.
USCIS explained that they will review each case to determiner appropriateness in authorizing parole.
On is that certain eligible relatives will be able to seek the program on their own behalf when their Filipino World War II veteran and his or her spouse are both deceased.
US Customs and Border Protection will also work in reviewing the case for the parole of the individual.
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