3 days ago
1
The Trump medication announced connected Friday (May 22, 2026) that astir foreigners seeking a Green Card granting imperishable U.S. residency indispensable use from their location countries.
"From present on, an alien who is successful the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card indispensable instrumentality to their location state to apply, but successful bonzer circumstances," U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) spokesperson Zach Kahler said successful a statement.
"Nonimmigrants, similar students, impermanent workers, oregon radical connected tourer visas, travel to the U.S. for a abbreviated clip and for a circumstantial purpose," Mr. Kahler said.
"Our strategy is designed for them to permission erstwhile their sojourn is over," helium said. "Their sojourn should not relation arsenic the archetypal measurement successful the Green Card process."
According to The Washington Post, the United States grants much than 1 cardinal Green Cards each twelvemonth and, up until now, much than fractional of the applicants are already successful the United States.
Mr. Kahler said having Green Card seekers use from their location federation "reduces the request to find and region those who determine to gaffe into the shadows and stay successful the U.S. illegally aft being denied residency."
He said Green Card applications would beryllium handled by the State Department astatine U.S. consular offices abroad.
President Donald Trump campaigned for the White House connected a pledge to expel millions of undocumented migrants and his medication has besides closed respective ineligible pathways to U.S. residency since helium took office.
