US shifts green-card process: applicants must apply from abroad
TL;DR
The Trump administration announced that foreigners currently in the United States who want permanent residence must return to their home country to apply for a green card, with limited exceptions for extraordinary circumstances, expanding barriers to legal immigration and potentially separating families.
- Foreigners in U.S. must apply for green cards abroad, new Trump administration rule says PBS
- Trump administration upends green card process, potentially compelling hundreds of thousands to leave US to apply CNN
- Immigration Law firm explains change in Green Card rules for H1-B, L-1, F-1 OPT: Here's full breakdown of USCIS memo The Times of India
- US green card applicants will now have to return to home countries to apply, DHS says The Guardian
- Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says The New York Times
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