Some USCIS officers have begun asking green-card applicants why they chose Adjustment of Status (AOS) rather than consular ...

On May 21, 2026, U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memo disrupting the state of Adjustment of Status (AOS) processing ...

Immigration law experts say the policy change is unclear on who would be required to actually leave the United States.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the expansion of premium processing for applicants filing Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, and seeking a change of ...

Major policy shift: USCIS will now only allow adjustment of status applications in extraordinary cases, ending decades of routine in-country green card processing. Mass impact feared: Between 700,000 ...

Most green card applicants may face consular processing abroad, raising concerns for H-1B workers and families.

Beginning January 30, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers E-13 ...

The Trump administration’s latest immigration policy of recasting ‘adjustment of status’ as an ‘extraordinary’ discretionary ...

Twenty people became new U.S. citizens at Kiener Plaza in St. Louis to mark Independence Day 2022. (USCIS photo) While “there is still much more work to be accomplished” on U.S. Citizenship and ...

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