USCIS confirms elimination of “blank space” criteria.
April 5, 2021
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed that for all forms it has returned to the form rejection guidelines it applied before October 2019 regarding blank responses. In 2019, USCIS changed the form rejection criteria for Forms I-589, I-612, and I-918 – asylum, waiver of foreign residence requirement, and petition for U-visa. From now on USCIS will no longer reject these forms if an applicant leaves a blank space. Nevertheless, the agency cautions that blank spaces may create delays in processing an applicant’s case.