Preface About the Editors Table of Appendices Index

Basic Guidelines: Temporary and Permanent Religious Workers Under the Immigration and Nationality Act
by Rodney M. Barker and Lia Suntoso

Nonimmigrant Religious Workers: The “R” Visa
by Jan H. Brown

Factors in Consular Processing of Nonimmigrant Religious Workers
by Jeffrey H. Gorsky

R-1 Admissions at the Canadian Border: How DHS’s Organizational Structure Affects Admission of Foreign Nationals at Ports of Entry
by James D. Eiss and Danielle Rizzo

Permanent Religious Workers Under the Immigration and Nationality Act
by Rodney M. Barker and Lia Suntoso

Preparing Special Immigrant Visa Petitions for Religious Workers: A Practical Guideline
by Martina M. Keller, Christine H. Blum, and Robert L. DeMoss II

The Religious Worker Visa Program: Only “Churches” Need Apply?
by Melanie R. Nezer

Religious Organizations, Churches, and Special Immigrant Religious Workers
by Stuart J. Lark

Religious Workers: Occupation or Vocation
by Carlos Ortiz Miranda

Special Immigrant Religious Workers: How to Demonstrate That an Immigrant Seeks Employment in a “Religious Occupation”
by Mary Kenney and Deborah Morgan

Nontraditional Religious Occupations
by Gregory H. Siskind and Esther Schachter

Using the First Amendment to Support Religious Worker Applications
by Stuart J. Lark and Chéryl B. Williams

Smoothing the Road to Lawful Temporary and Permanent Status: Unfamiliar Solutions to Some Very Familiar Problems
by Anne Marie Gibbons, Andrea Maaseide, and Paul Buono

Final Rule on Procedures for Admission of Nonimmigrant Religious Workers (56 Fed. Reg. 66965) (Dec. 27, 1991)

Special Immigrant Religious Worker Program and Tax-Exempt Status Requirements for Religious Organizations (USCIS Memorandum Dec. 17, 2003)

Interpretation of “Religious Organization” (USCIS Letter to Elizabeth J. Bedient (Mar. 9, 2004))

Guidelines for Adjudicating R-1 Nonimmigrant Visas (DOS Cable 034277 (Feb. 26, 2001))

Sample R-1 Support Letter

Sample I-360 Support Letter

Sample I-360 Employment Letter

Sample Cover Letter: Motion to Reconsider/Notice of Appeal to the AAO

Sample Denominational Affidavit

Summary of Recent AAO Decisions
by Rodney M. Barker and Dhara Sharma

List of Cases Cited in AAO Decisions

Briefs of Tenacre, Perez, Kent, and Camphill Soltane
by Rodney M. Barker and Dhara Sharma

Sundry Specific Occupations
by David K. McHaffey, Lia Suntoso, and Rodney M. Barker