Effective April 27, 2026, USCIS implemented a new, enhanced security vetting process that has resulted in temporary “holds” on adjudications ...

New security checks are being implemented for immigration applications, leading to delays in some case decisions, according ...

The Trump administration is subjecting broad categories of immigrants applying for green cards and citizenship to enhanced FBI checks, and is pausing some cases while those changes are implemented, ...

As of April 27, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a new security vetting process that is already impacting adjudications across multiple case types. The American ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a joint plan to eliminate the backlog of name checks pending with the FBI. USCIS and the FBI ...

The Trump administration has ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to implement enhanced FBI background checks for all fingerprint-based immigration applications, pausing approvals until ...

The United States has introduced a new layer of scrutiny for immigration applicants, calling it “enhanced security checks.” While the move is being framed as a national security upgrade, it has ...

USCIS has begun using the FBI’s Next Generation Identification system for broader criminal history checks following a February executive order. Applicants for benefits such as green cards, asylum, and ...