USCIS Resumes Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program Operations

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is resuming operations under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program, beginning with pending CFRP program applications.

USCIS has begun to mail interview notices to CFRP program petitioners with instructions for the beneficiary interview. On Aug. 18, USCIS began conducting interviews at the U.S. Embassy Havana. USCIS has limited capacity to conduct interviews at this time, so beneficiaries should not take any steps to prepare for an interview until their petitioner receives an interview notice.

In addition, USCIS is sending out general information (PDF, 211.93 KB) about the resumption of the program to petitioners with pending CFRP program applications.

USCIS is not issuing new invitation letters at this time. We will update our website and make public announcements when the next round of CFRP program invitation notices is issued. A petitioner who previously filed a CFRP program application that is still pending should not file another application.

If you are a petitioner with a pending CFRP program application, please ensure that both USCIS and the Department of State’s National Visa Center have your current mailing address. To update your address with USCIS, please use our online change of address tool. Contact the National Visa Center by submitting a Public Inquiry Form online.

As USCIS resumes CFRP program interviews, we will not email or call you to ask for money or payment of fees. Do not become the victim of an immigration scam. Visit the Avoid Scams page for information and resources.

The CFRP program was established in 2007 to provide a safe, orderly pathway to the United States for certain Cuban beneficiaries of approved family-based immigrant petitions. The program allows certain eligible U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who receive an invitation letter to apply for parole for their family members in Cuba. If USCIS approves these family members for parole, they may come to the United States before their immigrant visa priority dates become current. CFRP processing was suspended due to the significant drawdown in U.S. government personnel from U.S. Embassy Havana for security reasons in 2017 and the closure of the USCIS field office in Havana in 2018.