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Trump administration upends green card process, potentially compelling hundreds of thousands to leave US to apply
The Trump administration will now require people seeking green cards to leave the United States during the application process â a sweeping change that could upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of people seeking the right to legally and permanently live and work in the US.
In a new rule announced Friday, US immigration authorities said green card applicants would have to return to their home countries to apply for permanent visas.
The abrupt policy change stands to affect a large swath of the legal US immigration population, compelling those seeking legal permanent residency to leave the country â separating families, forcing people to leave their jobs and disrupting communities in the process. Applying for a green card is a notoriously arduous process that can take several months to years to complete.
Non-immigrant visa holders must return to home countries to apply for green cards, Trump administration says
The Trump administration said Friday that people with temporary visas seeking to adjust their immigration status to obtain green cards must return to their home countries to “do so through consular processing,” in a major change from current practice.
“From now on, an alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesperson Zach Kahler said in a statement. “When aliens apply from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who decide to slip into the shadows and remain in the U.S. illegally after being denied residency.”
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What smart people are saying about the new green card crackdown
President Donald Trump's latest immigration crackdown is triggering alarm, confusion, and fierce debate among lawyers, advocates, and many in the business world who rely on visa holders for skilled labor.
On Friday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it would grant "adjustment of status" — the process that allows some immigrants already in the US to apply for a green card without leaving the country — "only in extraordinary circumstances," potentially forcing many applicants to return to their home countries and wait abroad while their cases are processed.
While a USCIS spokesperson told Business Insider that applicants who "provide an economic benefit or otherwise are in the national interest" may still qualify for exemptions, it remains unclear how broadly the administration plans to enforce the new restrictions or how many immigrants could ultimately be affected.
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