OPERATIONS INSTRUCTIONS - Gani

Service Law Books
OI 103 Powers and duties of service officers; availability of service records.
OI 103.1
OI 103.2
OI 103.3
OI 103.4
OI 103.5
OI 103.6
OI 103.7
OI 103.8
Delegations of Authority
Formal applications and petitions (Blue page)
Appeals to the Administrative Appeals Unit
(AAU) in other than Legalization Appeals Unit
(LAU) cases
Certification of other than special agricultural
workers and legalization cases
Reopening or reconsideration in other than Special
Agricultural Worker and legalization cases
Immigration bonds
Determination of citizenship status
Availability of the public of opinions and orders
App.to OI 103.1(d)
App.to OI 103.1(h)
Intelligence Report (Blue page)
Investigations Activity Report
OI 103.1 Delegations of Authority, Associate Commissioner, Enforcement.
The Associate Commissioner for Enforcement maintains overall responsibility for the enforcement programs
of the Service, i.e., the Office of Anti-Smuggling Activities, the Border Patrol Division, the Detention and
Deportation Division, the Office of Intelligence, and the Investigations Division. Within these programs he
has delegated certain responsibilities to the respective program heads. These responsibilities are
enumerated below.
(a) Assistant Commissioner, Investigations.
(1) Responsibilities. Under the direction of the Associate Commissioner for Enforcement, the Assistant
Commissioner for investigations is responsible within the Investigations program for:
(i) Accomplishing the program mission through development and implementation of national
investigative polices, and establishing and planning of fiscal priorities;
(ii) Reviewing appropriate strategies for accomplishment of the program mission, including
recommendations for budgetary, personnel statutory or regulatory change;
(iii) Evaluating and allocating personnel, financial and material resources, to ensure their most
effective use;
(iv) Providing guidance and expert advice to other programs, regions and field offices concerning the
Investigations Division program mission;
(v) Field inspections and audits within the program, to ensure compliance with policy guidance and
nationality assigned priorities;
(vi) Direction and control of:
(A) Undercover Operations which are approved within the limits of, and in accordance with the
Guidelines of the Attorney General;
(B) Consensual Monitoring and Electronic Surveillance;