OPERATIONS INSTRUCTIONS - Gani

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*I - Creation of Record of Lawful Admission - Sec. 249, I&N Act
*J - Exclusion Proceedings
K - Expulsion Proceedings - (Orders shall be filed in this category notwithstanding that one or more
applications for discretionary relief were considered.)
L - Extensions of Temporary Stay
M - Fine Proceedings
N - Permission to Reapply after Deportation or Removal - Sec. 212(a)(16) or (17), I&N Act (However, if
category Z decision is also involved, code under category Z.)
O - Reentry Permits, Issuance and Extension - Sec. 223, I&N Act
P - Rescission or Adjustment of Status _ Sec. 246, I&N Act
Q - Schools - Approval for Attendance by Nonimmigrant Students
R - Visa Petitions, Immigrant - Relatives of United States Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents
S - Visa Petitions, Immigrant - Members of Professions, Persons with Exceptional Ability in Arts or
Sciences - Sec. 203(a)(3), I&N Act
T - Visa Petitions, Immigrant - Skilled or Unskilled Workers - Sec. 203(a)(6), I&N Act
U - Visa Petitions, Nonimmigrant - Temporary Workers of Distinguished Merit and Ability - Sec. 101(a)
(15) (H) (i), I&N Act
V - Visa Petitions, Nonimmigrant - Temporary Workers in Short Supply - Sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(II), I&N Act
W - Visa Petitions, Nonimmigrant - Temporary Trainees - Sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(iii), I&N Act
Y - Visa Petitions, Immigrant - Revocation of Approval - Sec. 205, I&N Act
Z - Waiver of Excludability on Health, Criminal, Immoral or Fraud Grounds - Sec. 212(g), (h) and (i), I&N
Act (Notwithstanding that category N decision may also be involved, code under category z.)
AA - Waivers of Foreign Residence Requirement for Exchange Aliens - Sec. 212(e), I&N Act
BB - Bond, Parole or Detention of Alien under Expulsion Proceedings - Sec. 242 I&N Act
CC - Preservation of Residence for Naturalization Purposes - Sec. 316(b), I&N Act
DD - Certificates of Citizenship, Application for - Sec. 341, I&N Act
EE - Cancellation of Certificates, Documents and Records - Administrative - Sec. 342, I&N Act
FF - Application under Sec. 343, I&N Act
GG - Classification as Refugee - Provison to Sec. 203(a)(7), I&N Act
HH - Removal of Aliens - Sec. 250, I&N Act
II - Exclusion Without Hearing - Sec. 235(c), I&N Act
JJ - Prevention of Departure - Sec. 215, I&N Act
KK - Nonresident Alien Border Crossing Cards
LL - U. S. Citizen Identification Cards
MM - Alien Crewman Landing Permit and Identification Card