Immigration Petition Cover Letter
v0.1.0Use when a licensed immigration attorney, BIA-accredited representative (8 CFR § 1292.11–.20), in-house immigration counsel, or supervising paralegal needs to draft a USCIS petition or application cover letter for a single filing — I-129 (H-1B / H-1B1 / E-3 / TN / L-1A / L-1B / O-1A / O-1B / P / R), I-140 (EB-1A / EB-1B / EB-1C / EB-2 / EB-3 / EB-2 NIW), I-130 family, I-130A, I-485 Adjustment, I-589 Asylum, I-918 U, I-914 T, I-360 (VAWA / SIJS / Religious Worker / Special Immigrant), I-526E EB-5, or N-400 Naturalization. Guides scoped intake of attorney / G-28 posture, petition type, statute and regulation, petitioner, beneficiary identifiers, and filing posture, routes to the correct eligibility-criteria spine (e.g., EB-1A 8 CFR § 204.5(h)(3) ten criteria with Kazarian two-step, EB-2 NIW Matter of Dhanasar three-prong, O-1A 8 CFR § 214.2(o)(3)(iii) criteria, H-1B specialty-occupation 8 CFR § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A), I-130 INA § 201(b) / 203(a) qualifying relationship), walks each criterion the case relies on with the user, maps every exhibit to the criterion(s) it supports with a tabbed exhibit index, flags orphan exhibits and missing-critical-evidence by criterion, computes filing fees including Asylum Program Fee and Premium Processing I-907, routes to the correct Lockbox / Service Center / online channel, drafts a single-issue cover letter (caption, RE-line block, table of contents, statement of relief, criterion-by-criterion analysis with inline exhibit citations, premium-processing election, concurrent-filings cross-reference, unsigned attorney signature block), and produces a DRAFT cover-letter packet — for attorney-of-record review and signature before filing. Never files with USCIS, never signs G-28 or the cover letter, never gives legal advice to the petitioner or beneficiary, never opines on admissibility / deportability / criminal-immigration consequences / extreme hardship / asylum credibility, and never substitutes for a licensed attorney or BIA-accredited representative.
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