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Some Religious Workers Considered Unlawfully Present or Unauthorized to Work May Seek Adjustment of Status

Posted on August 20, 2009

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Religious workers are reminded that an essential deadline for certain
applications will soon be pending. According to a court ruling in
Ruiz-Diaz v. United States, applicants who have had Form I-360
Religious Worker Immigrant Petitions pending as of June 11, 2009, and
are currently considered unlawfully present or unauthorized for
employment in the U.S., are able to submit an Application for
Adjustment of Status. If your Application for Adjustment of Status is
properly submitted by August 31, 2009, consideration of you as
unlawfully present or unauthorized to work will be tolled until USCIS
reaches a final decision on your case.

Individuals under the above category who are in removal proceedings
should consider seeking termination of those proceedings so that they
may file their Application for Adjustment of Status by the August 31
deadline.

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