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USCIS Tightens Rules for Family-Based Green Card Petitions

Stricter evidence checks now define USCIS’s family-based visa manual, with new consular procedures for overseas filings, military petition protocols, reinforced interview standards, strengthened fraud deterrence measures.

Un familiar inmediato de un ciudadano estadounidense, puede convertirse en residente permanente legal en EE.UU.
Los ciudadanos estadounidenses pueden presentar una petición de visa de inmigrante para el cónyuge, hijo o hija, padre, y hermano o hermana
Las parejas casadas tendrán que probar que su matrimonio es real para obtener la Green Card. Foto: Traveloviz. Imagen ilustrativa.
El Uscis actualizó su Manual de Políticas con el objetivo de examinar los matrimonios y las relaciones familiares que califican con mayor rigurosidad

Overview

  • The August 1 update to Policy Manual Volume 6 now applies to both pending and newly filed I-130 petitions, unifying criteria for U.S. citizens, permanent residents and military sponsors.
  • Petitioners must meet enhanced eligibility standards and provide more extensive documentation—including civil records and relationship evidence—and undergo stricter interviews to verify genuine family ties.
  • The manual clarifies conditions under which the Department of State can accept clearly approvable I-130 petitions filed overseas by U.S. citizens and service members under official orders.
  • USCIS warns that fraudulent or meritless family-based visa petitions undermine trust in immigration pathways and could lead to beneficiaries being processed for deportation.
  • Immediate relatives continue to have visas immediately available, while other family-based categories remain subject to annual caps and must wait for visa numbers before adjustment of status or consular processing.