Back in December 2025, USCIS tightened how long it can reuse an old photo on file, cutting the reuse window down to 36 months for most filings. At the time, that seemed like a fairly technical, back-office change. Months later, the real-world effect is becoming clear: applicants across a wide range of...
A federal court ordered USCIS to lift its holds on green card, work permit, naturalization, and asylum cases for nationals of 39 countries. That ruling came down on June 5, 2026. The government was supposed to start moving those cases immediately.
But for many applicants, nothing has changed. Cases...
On June 5, 2026, a federal judge issued a major ruling that could affect thousands of immigrants whose cases were delayed under USCIS adjudication hold policies. In Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island v. USCIS, Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated four USCIS policies that had placed an indefinite...
A recent federal court decision has generated significant interest among immigrants, employers, and immigration practitioners across the United States. In a ruling issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the court vacated several U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policies that had been used to pause, delay,...
USCIS is implementing an important new signature rule that could create major problems for immigration applicants, employers, and attorneys who are not carefully maintaining properly signed immigration forms.
Beginning July 10, 2026, USCIS will have expanded authority to reject or deny immigration benefit requests if the agency later determines that a filing does...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a new Interim Final Rule that could significantly impact immigration applicants, employers, attorneys, and petitioners filing cases with USCIS. The new rule formally codifies USCIS authority to deny immigration benefit requests if the agency later determines that a filing contains an invalid signature.
