As a result of class action litigation in Vangala v. USCIS challenging USCIS’s No Blank Space” policy, USCIS has agreed to stop implementing the rejection policy for asylum applications and U visa petitions starting December 28, 2020. AILA provides a practice alert with additional details.
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USCIS Agrees to Stop Rejecting Applications and Petitions for Blank Spaces as of December 28, 2020
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