Feb 26, 2025 · During the BFD process, USCIS first determines whether a pending petition is bona fide. Second, USCIS, in its discretion, determines whether the petitioner poses a risk to national security or public safety, and otherwise merits a favorable exercise of discretion.

Feb 26, 2025 · USCIS applies the BFD process to all applications for T nonimmigrant status filed on or after August 28, 2024. However, if an application was pending as of that date, and additional evidence is required to establish eligibility for principal T nonimmigrant status, USCIS conducts a bona fide review.

Oct 29, 2022 · What is the bona fide determination process? A1. By statute, USCIS has discretion to provide employment authorization to aliens with pending, bona fide U nonimmigrant status petitions. In June 2021, USCIS implemented the bona fide determination process.

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In June 2021, USCIS announced very significant changes to the way employment authorizations (also known as EADs) are handled for noncitizens with a pending I-918 immigration petition or application: The Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Process.

On August 18, 2021, ASISTA and ILRC hosted a conversation with USCIS representatives to learn more about bona fide determination (BFD) policy and procedures and what it means for U visa petitioners and their families. The notes below include information shared during this event, including additional analysis.

The BFD process was created with the goal of conducting initial reviews of petitions for U nonimmigrant status more efficiently and providing eligible victims of qualifying crimes with employment authorization and deferred action while they await a final adjudication of their petition for U nonimmigrant

A bona fide determination (BFD) on an application for T nonimmigrant status allows a trafficking survivor to access benefits and services after being issued a certification letter from HHS. It also protects against deportation by automatically staying the execution of a final order of removal.

The U nonimmigrant Bona Fide Determination (BFD) is USCIS’s attempt to address the massive U visa backlog and limitations of the 10,000 annual statutory cap, by allowing certain individuals who have filed U visa petitions to receive employment authorization and deferred action while they wait for further U nonimmigrant adjudication.

Jun 28, 2021 · What is aBona Fide Determination (BFD)? A Bona Fide Determination (BFD) is a determination by USCIS that a U petition appears to be meritorious. It is distinct from the U waitlist designation – both will exist in tandem as separate adjudication tracks for pending U petitions.