Green Card alert: The USCIS has increased access to FBI criminal history information to enhance immigration application security ...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has begun enforcing stricter background screening requirements for immigration ...
The Trump administration has introduced stricter FBI background checks for immigrants applying for asylum, green cards and citizenship. Pending USCIS cases may face temporary delays under the new ...
On March 30, 2026, USCIS announced updates to its enhanced vetting procedures. The agency implemented processes to lift benefit processing holds for designated individuals and groups, including those ...
New security checks are being implemented for immigration applications, leading to delays in some case decisions, according ...
USCIS has begun applying expanded FBI background checks to pending immigration applications, requiring resubmission of fingerprints for cases processed with earlier data. The step follows a ...
Millions of legal immigrants waiting for green cards, citizenship, or asylum decisions in the US have been thrown into administrative limbo after the Trump administration ordered expanded FBI ...
The US government has introduced stricter background checks for immigration applications, requiring expanded security ...