USCIS Issues Guidance on Discretionary Employment Authorization for Parolees

  • Organization: USCIS
  • Document Type: Policies
  • Date Created: Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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"Certain foreign nationals may be paroled into the United States under INA 212(d)(5) for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. USCIS has discretion to grant these foreign nationals employment authorization. Applicants are not entitled to employment authorization. USCIS determines whether to grant discretionary employment authorization on a case-by-case basis, taking into account all factors and considering the totality of the circumstances of each individual case."

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