US immigration curbs: Green card and visa cases from 38 countries paused

USCIS says reviews of visas, green cards and asylum cases from newly added countries will be paused, with some past approvals ...
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USCIS holding pending asylum apps, reviewing benefits from ‘high risk countries’

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19 ...
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USCIS Pauses Asylum Adjudications and Places Hold on Benefits for Nationals of 19 “High Risk” Countries

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday an immediate hold on all pending asylum applications and a pause on the adjudication of a broad range of immigration benefit requests ...
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USCIS Pauses Benefit Requests for Nationals From ‘High-Risk’ Countries and Halts Asylum Adjudications

On December 2, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum directing the agency to place on hold all benefit requests for individuals from one of the nineteen ...