The Immigration & Naturalization Service (I&NS) is being absorbed into Department of Homeland Security. How will this affect processing of orphan petitions and applications?
A. Applications will continue to be received, processed and decided as they have been in the past. All laws and policies affecting orphans will remain the same. However, as of 3/1/03, I&NS, as it is currently structured, will no longer exist. The new name will be the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. All approval notices, correspondence, and requests for information will still carry the old name and are still valid. Any applications that have been denied are still considered to be denied. Any applications that have been withdrawn by the petitioner(s) are still considered withdrawn. Major changes will not take affect for at least one year. For more information on this transition, visit the CIS website: http://uscis.
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