US Changes Green Card Rules - Go Back Home First

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Here is the key point. The Trump administration has said that migrants seeking Green Cards must leave the US and apply from their home countries.

I found this on an Indian news site. They are the ones following Trump even more than we are. US immigration lawyers are in meltdown mode. I am sure Indian H1Bs are going to find loopholes around this one but it just gets harder and harder.

We should severely restrict green cards and citizenship granted and give them only the very best.

Want Green Card? US says leave country first, re-enter with immigrant visa
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/us-green-card-rules-applicants-must-leave-us-apply-from-home-country-2915784-2026-05-22

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In a move likely to hit thousands of Indians waiting for US permanent residency, the Trump administration on Friday announced that migrants seeking Green Cards will have to leave America and apply from their home countries instead of staying in the US during the process.

Under new guidance issued by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), migrants seeking adjustment of status for a Green Card will now generally have to apply from their home countries instead of remaining inside the US during the process.

A Green Card is an official identification card that gives foreign nationals permanent residency rights in the US. A Green Card holder can live anywhere in the US, work for most employers, study in the US, travel in and out of the country (subject to rules) and eventually apply for US citizenship if eligible.

"From now on, an alien who is in the US temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances," USCIS spokesman Zach Kahler said.
The move could significantly impact international students, H-1B workers and tourists currently residing in the US who had hoped to transition to permanent residency without leaving the country. "We're returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation's immigration system properly," Kahler said.

According to the policy memo, adjustment of status inside the US would now be treated as an extraordinary form of relief, with immigration officers instructed to examine requests on a case-by-case basis.

"An alien who is in the US temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivising loopholes. The era of abusing our nation's immigration system is over," the Department of Homeland Security tweeted.



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It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.
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HTownAg98 said:

It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.


That tells me this will be challenged in court.
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Frisco housing prices gonna plummet...
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Good Trump
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I voted for this
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Gator92 said:

Frisco housing prices gonna plummet...


Aggies, get your money warm. Time to go house huntin'!
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Good. I had to get my green card first before setting foot on US soil. Still have my green card as a momento.
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I voted for this.
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My wife had to do this under Obama.
Her student visa was about to expire, we were applying for the married visa and green card.
She lived in the UK for ~18 months while it got processed.
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HTownAg98 said:

It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.

Explain what in the community notes is at odds.

I see Cornell law has a reference but the blurb was unclear.

And why be jovial about actions to make us safer, better as a Country? Weird outlook you have on things that are good for America.
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Good now do this for H1B extensions. You should not be here more than 3 years on an H1B.
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These immigration lawyers hate it ha ha

BTW, the law was always there. Just no one GAF. Not Trump gives a F.

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They will hire someone to check in back home for them and "pretend" to be them as they continue working and living here.
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doubledog said:

Good now do this for H1B extensions. You should not be here more than 3 years on an H1B.

What I want:

1. 12 month phase out of H1B. Companies have to hire locally and train as needed.
2. Stop greencard processing for H1B. No, you cannot be a US citizen.
3. If an H1B loses their job, they get 2 weeks to GTFO. Not 60 days. No severance. Anything given will be taxed 200% and company fined. No transferring of status to B1/B2 and then back to H1B by the scammers.
4. Create a NEW law for really smart geniuses, not basement bargain dumpster trash.

We want Indians like this guy. 1299 patents in tech. I have not verified but I am sure it is somewhere high.

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I voted for this


SECOND!!!
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I love it when foreigners are concerned about how hard it is for foreigners, poor Indians, and America's "innovation".

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Does this apply to agriculture employees?
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Andrew Ng is a famous respected AI expert but he is woke as well.
It's funny how little these people care about American families. Everyone seems to worry about Ramesh and Rajesh

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It's funny how making Indians live with their own is apparently a punishment worse than death for them.
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Spergin said:

It's funny how making Indians live with their own is apparently a punishment worse than death for them.


I mean, have you smelled that place? It is a biohazard lol

I spent 5 weeks there many years ago and the only good things were cheap custom made suits and the food.
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I asked ChatGPT for a real world example

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Before
A software engineer on an H-1B visa gets employer sponsorship for a Green Card and files adjustment of status while continuing to work in the U.S.
After
The worker may instead need to leave the country and complete immigrant visa processing at a U.S. embassy overseas rather than finalizing residency inside the U.S.


So what happens now is earlier when they filed for greencard, life was the same, they went to work and lived here. But now? They have to back to India and other countries they came from and apply for an interview and wait... and wait... and wait. Months.. Years... In today's environment, they are likely to lose their jobs in the process, which makes them not get their Green Card.

Clever.

That is why they are all up in arms.
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infinity ag said:

These immigration lawyers hate it ha ha



Somewhat related ... I knew someone from Europe who had been a long-time citizen but lost their proof of naturalization. I promised I would ask the attorney drawing up our trust if he had any recommendations for an immigration lawyer to help get it all straightened out.

So I did. He look straight at me and said "no ... they are all sleazy."
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infinity ag said:

Andrew Ng is a famous respected AI expert but he is woke as well.
It's funny how little these people care about American families. Everyone seems to worry about Ramesh and Rajesh





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Another idiot move against American Citizens, their spouses and children. People who did it the right way. Legally.

The Right Woke is getting really stupid.







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The funny thing is that with the death of Chevron deference, which has empowered the regulatory state and conservatives have wanted to kill forever, this policy is DOA in the courts.
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infinity ag said:

I asked ChatGPT for a real world example

Quote:

Before
A software engineer on an H-1B visa gets employer sponsorship for a Green Card and files adjustment of status while continuing to work in the U.S.
After
The worker may instead need to leave the country and complete immigrant visa processing at a U.S. embassy overseas rather than finalizing residency inside the U.S.


So what happens now is earlier when they filed for greencard, life was the same, they went to work and lived here. But now? They have to back to India and other countries they came from and apply for an interview and wait... and wait... and wait. Months.. Years... In today's environment, they are likely to lose their jobs in the process, which makes them not get their Green Card.

Clever.

That is why they are all up in arms.


Or send them back to Venezuela or Cuba who still has the same communist regimes.

The Trump administration keeps getting in its own way.

I still think measures like this are designed to force Congress to do immigration reform. And when that happens……the "Git out" crowd heads will explode.
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canadiaggie said:

The funny thing is that with the death of Chevron deference, which has empowered the regulatory state and conservatives have wanted to kill forever, this policy is DOA in the courts.

It is still a solely Executive Branch issue. Chevron really does not apply, in my view.
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deddog said:

HTownAg98 said:

It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.


That tells me this will be challenged in court.


That's a given.

Also, they can still pop out a child here while working here and that baby is an automatic citizen, still, right?
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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No Spin Ag said:

deddog said:

HTownAg98 said:

It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.


That tells me this will be challenged in court.


That's a given.

Also, they can still pop out a child here while working here and that baby is an automatic citizen, still, right?

Until SCOTUS rules otherwise. (Issue is awaiting decision this term.)
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aggiehawg said:

No Spin Ag said:

deddog said:

HTownAg98 said:

It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.


That tells me this will be challenged in court.


That's a given.

Also, they can still pop out a child here while working here and that baby is an automatic citizen, still, right?

Until SCOTUS rules otherwise. (Issue is awaiting decision this term.)


When are they supposed to rule on it? I'd like to have that issue over and done with.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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No Spin Ag said:

aggiehawg said:

No Spin Ag said:

deddog said:

HTownAg98 said:

It's pretty funny when an official government account gets community noted.


That tells me this will be challenged in court.


That's a given.

Also, they can still pop out a child here while working here and that baby is an automatic citizen, still, right?

Until SCOTUS rules otherwise. (Issue is awaiting decision this term.)


When are they supposed to rule on it? I'd like to have that issue over and done with.

Darlin', if I could predict what and when SCOTUS will do something, I'd be on the Court by now. (joke)

It was argued this term. Should have a decision in June or maybe early July. BUT if the Court is too fractured between concurring in part, diseenting in part, yada yada, they can boot it for reargument next term like they did last year for the VRA case, Callais.
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