EOIR Leaves AI Use to Court and Adjudicator Discretion
Child Status Protection Act:
On Friday, August 8, 2025, USCIS issued a policy alert announcing it would return to exclusively using the Visa Bulletin’s Final Action Dates chart to determine an applicant’s Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) age for all adjustment of status applications filed on or after August 15, 2025.
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), neither prohibits generative AI use in its proceedings nor requires disclosure of its use. Individual adjudicators or courts may adopt standing orders regarding AI. Practitioners who submit hallucinated or erroneous AI-generated content in filings before EOIR likely violate professional conduct obligations
In Matter of Garcia Martinez, To get a fee waiver, a noncitizen must explain how they can afford legal fees but not a filing fee.
To get a fee waiver, a noncitizen must explain how they can afford legal fees but not a filing fee.
The BIA concluded that a fee waiver request containing zeros in all income blocks is presumptively invalid, denied the request, and deemed the motion to reconsider improperly filed.
