Updated with the Overturning of the Injunction on January 27, 2020 by the US Supreme Court and Announcement of Implementation of the Rule from February 24, 2020
Updated 6 January 2021 and 15 October 2023. Written By: Melissa Chavin
The US Government Daily Journal, the “Federal Register” published a rule by the Department of Homeland Security on the Public Charge Inadmissibility Grounds on August 14, 2019. It was 837 pages in the version published just before final publication in the Federal Register. The US Government under the Trump Administration dropped their pursuit of putting this rule into force of law while lawsuits were pending to enjoin it on 16 December 2020. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget reflected on his records that the rule was withdrawn from review. This blog would still be helpful for anyone trying to get a quick summary of the issues covered by the defunct rule and a hint to policy changes that were being considered for immigrant visa and adjustment of status adjudications. Applications will no longer be subject to this rule.
Likewise the US Department of State is adjudicating public charge and related affidavits of support on Form I-864 and I-134 as they have historically.
Written by Melissa Chavin
Issuance of immigrant visas based on employment based petitions and approval of adjustment of status to green card holder based on approved EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 petitions are chaotic this July.
Written by Melissa Chavin
The US Attorney General Jeffrey Sessions, a proponent of lower undocumented immigrant numbers through deportation and other means, has taken up yet another case from the immigration courts, which sit under the Department of Justice. Attorney General Sessions heads the DOJ.
Written by Sofia van Mierlo, Work Experience Intern
Per the 26 June 2018 US Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Hawaii, U.S. President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation 9645 from 24 September 2017 banning travel to the United States from several countries will stand.
Updated 9 July 2023. Permanent residents with a condition on their status, also known as conditional residents, can get 48 month extensions on their status when they file to get the condition removed, as of January 2023. The USCIS announced this change on January 23, 2023.
Request Renewal Six Months before your Green Card Expiration Date
If you are a US legal permanent resident living in London, either with a re-entry permit or frequent return visits to the United States, you may need to renew your card. Take a look at the front of your permanent resident card to find the expiration date. Six months before it expires, you can submit Form I-90 to the US immigration service in the United States to request a new card with another ten years on it.