Trump Administration Requires Migrants to Return Home Before Applying for Green Cards
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued guidance closing a longstanding process that let migrants stay in the United States while their green card applications were pending. Under the new policy, most applicants must travel back to their home country to complete screening and secure an immigrant visa at a US consulate before returning as permanent residents. Exceptions for in-country adjustment of status will be granted only in rare, extraordinary cases. A department statement says this move restores the original intent of the law by keeping temporary entry and permanent residence on separate tracks. Immigration officers will now review any special relief requests on a case-by-case basis.
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