USCIS announced that the Special Immigrant Visa Program (SIV) for Iraqi nationals who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. government was extended. The program had previously expired for principal applicants on September 30, 2013.
Iraqis who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. government between March 20, 2003 and September 30, 2013, and were employed for a minimum of one year, qualify for the SIV program. The ability to grant derivative SIV status to spouses and children of principal SIV Iraqis did not sunset on September 30, 2013 and is not numerically capped.
The extension allows USCIS to approve petitions and applications for visas or adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident in any Iraqi SIV case falling under section 1244 of Public Law 110-181 that were pending before the USCIS or Department of State when the program expired on September 30, 2013.
Furthermore, the USCIS is authorized to approve an additional 2,000 Iraqi SIV cases as long as the initial applications to the DOS Chief of Missions in Iraq are made by December 31, 2013.
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