USCIS Policy Change Could Impact Green Card Applicants
USCIS says the change will push most applicants to consulates abroad, with more than 1 million green cards issued annually.
- Last Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidance requiring most foreign nationals to apply for permanent residency from outside the U.S. rather than adjusting status while in the country, directing applicants to pursue visas through overseas consulates except in extraordinary circumstances.
- The new guidance emerges amid a series of immigration-related policy changes during Trump's second term, including reduced refugee admissions and expanded detention authority, as Department of Homeland Security officials defended the shift as aligning procedures with existing law and reducing what they characterized as system misuse.
- More than half of the more than 1 million annual green card recipients have traditionally adjusted status while residing in the country, though USCIS spokesman Zach Kahler stated temporary visa holders enter 'for a short time and for a specific purpose' and their stay 'should not function as the first step in the Green Card process.'
- Refugee and immigrant advocacy organizations including HIAS warned the policy could endanger vulnerable individuals forced to return to dangerous conditions, while immigration attorney Elizabeth Goss cautioned the measure threatens professionals across multiple economy sectors from healthcare to corporate leadership.
- Legal challenges appear likely as courts examine whether the policy aligns with existing immigration statutes, while immigration attorney Berueco advised eligible workers to maintain employment authorization and adopt a 'wait-and-see approach' amid policy uncertainty.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will grant adjustment of status to lawful permanent residents only in extraordinary circumstances, the agency announced Thursday, directing most applicants to pursue green cards through consular processing abroad. In a new policy memorandum, USCIS reiterated long-standing immigration law and court precedents that adjustment of status under Section 245… The post USCIS to grant in-country gree…
US Ends In-Country Green Card Applications, Immigrants Must Return Home to Apply
For decades, immigrants already living legally in the United States could apply for permanent residency without leaving the country. That option is now gone. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday that all foreign nationals seeking green cards must return to their home countries and file through American embassies or consulates there. Aid […]
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