BIA Practice Manual

BIA PM Table of Changes

TABLE OF CHANGES

SECTION AMENDED	DATE OF CHANGE	NATURE OF CHANGE
Chapter 5.5	January 29, 2024	Corrected email address for BIA ROP Requests.
Chapter 4.6(d)(2)	October 25, 2023	Revised to clarify citation format for unpublished BIA cases, including those cases obtained from EOIR’s FOIA Reading Room.
BIAPM	June 20, 2023	Updated regulatory citations and made typographical corrections throughout.
Chapter 3.4(i)	June 20, 2023	Removed reference to 8 C.F.R. § 1103.7 in relation to the fee structure for relief and other immigration benefits
Chapter 4.6(d)(8)	June 20, 2023	Updated example.
Chapter 4.5(b)	May 8, 2023	Revised to reflect provisions for extensions of time for ECAS system outages, denial of fee waivers, equitable tolling.
Chapter 5.6(e)	May 8, 2023	Revised to reflect provisions for extensions of time for ECAS system outages and to clarify other exceptions to motion limits
Chapter 5.7(f)	May 8, 2023	Revised to reflect provisions for extensions of time for ECAS system outages.
BIA PM	November 14, 2022	Provisions related to practice before EOIR have been updated throughout. The updates principally reflect changes to practice before EOIR made by DOJ’s final rule “Professional Conduct for Practitioners - Rules and Procedures, and Representation and Appearances.
Chapter 1.5(e)(3); 13.2(a)(1)(B)	November 14, 2022	Revised to clarify that the BIA only provides record of proceedings to parties and practitioners upon request.
Chapter 4.6(b)	November 14, 2022	Revised to clarify that the 50-page limit for briefs only applies unless otherwise directed by the BIA.
BIA PM	August 26, 2022	Relocated the Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual (BIA PM). Updated formatting and terminology throughout. Made BIA PM available in a downloadable and searchable PDF format. Updates to the BIA PM will be reflected in: the web version and a simultaneously released updated PDF version.
Chapter 3.3(c)(3)	August 26, 2022	Expanded and clarified page limit for briefs, and inserted guidelines for motions to extend page limit. Eliminated page limit for motions.
Chapter 4.6(b)	August 26, 2022	Expanded and clarified page limit for briefs, and inserted guidelines for motions to extend page limit.
Chapter 4.7(c)	August 26, 2022	Revised guidelines for extensions of briefing deadlines.
Chapter 4.7(d)	August 26, 2022	Revised guidelines for motions to accept late-filed briefs.