New Administration Policy on Green Card Applications

On Friday, the Trump administration revealed a significant change in immigration policy, impacting individuals seeking green cards in the United States. This adjustment mandates that most applicants must now apply from abroad, diverging from the previous norm where a large number of individuals submitted applications while residing in the U.S. on temporary visas.

The requirement could potentially affect a large group of applicants each year, according to immigration lawyers. They predict this move will influence hundreds of thousands of hopefuls, marking a considerable escalation in the administration’s efforts to limit legal migration.

Joseph Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, spoke at the agency’s headquarters in Camp Springs, Maryland, highlighting the impact of this policy change. The new directive is seen as part of a broader strategy to control immigration patterns and manage the influx of green card applications more rigorously.