A New Policy Requires Green Card Applicants to Leave the US and Apply From Their Home Countries, Even if They Are Here ...

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the State ...

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

A USCIS spokesman told Newsweek that the agency is “reasserting” what it believes Congress intended all along.

A new rule from the Trump administration announced Friday would require most green card applicants to apply from outside the country, a change in longstanding practice.

Big business, including tech and AI companies, launched a quiet but extensive lobbying effort against the green card policy ...

The Trump administration is announcing a new policy that requires foreigners in the U.S. to leave and apply for a green card ...

A dramatic policy change to the green card application process last Friday will now force applicants to return to their home ...

The memo says applicants may only remain in the U.S. to complete the green card process under "extraordinary circumstances." ...

The Trump administration's USCIS announces noncitizens seeking green cards must leave the U.S. and apply through consular processing abroad.

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

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that many green card applicants currently in the United States must return to their home countries to complete the application process ...