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Green Card Process Work Permits Green Card Temporary Protected Status Permanent Residency USCIS Public Charge Rule Visa Regulations Deportation Enforcement

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DHS Caps Student and Postdoc Stays at Four Years, Moves Extensions to USCIS

The department says the change will curb fraud by shifting extension decisions to federal vetting while universities warn it will create backlogs and disrupt research.

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USCIS Recasts In‑Country Green Card Requests as Exceptional, DHS Says Officers Will Decide Case‑by‑Case

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USCIS Reclassifies In‑Country Green Cards as 'Extraordinary' but DHS Says Most Applicants Can Stay

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U.S. Implements Annual Asylum Fee and Narrows In‑Country Green‑Card Approvals

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USCIS Restricts In‑Country Green Card Processing and Tightens Signature and Security Rules

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USCIS Says Most Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply

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USCIS Orders Most Green Card Applications To Be Filed From Applicants’ Home Countries

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USCIS Will Require Most Nonimmigrants to Leave U.S. to Seek Green Card

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USCIS Narrows Deferred Action to Exceptional, Case-by-Case Relief

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USCIS Tightens Vetting, Pauses Many Decisions, Reopens Doctor Filings, Adds $102 Asylum Fee

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Canada Refines Express Entry for 2026 to Fast-Track Researchers, Transport Workers, Doctors and Skilled Military Recruits

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Canada’s International Student Arrivals Plunge in 2025, IRCC Reports 52% Decline

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U.S. Weighs Adding DNA to ESTA Screening for Some Visa-Waiver Travelers

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DHS Ends One-Year Abroad Requirement for Religious Workers After R-1 Visa Limit

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IRCC Data Shows 1.05 Million Canadian Work Permits Expired, 927,000 More Set to Lapse in 2026

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TSA Shares Passenger Lists With ICE to Flag and Detain Travelers With Deportation Orders

Policy Changes

DHS Caps Student and Postdoc Stays at Four Years, Moves Extensions to USCIS

DHS Finalizes Rule Expanding Public‑Charge Review for Green Cards

DHS Ends 'Duration of Status' and Caps Student, Exchange and Journalist Visas

DHS Rescinds 2022 Public‑Charge Rule and Restores Broader Green‑Card Reviews

Trump Administration Tightens Rules for Marriage-Based Immigration

USCIS Recasts In‑Country Green Card Requests as Exceptional, DHS Says Officers Will Decide Case‑by‑Case

USCIS Reclassifies In‑Country Green Cards as 'Extraordinary' but DHS Says Most Applicants Can Stay

U.S. Implements Annual Asylum Fee and Narrows In‑Country Green‑Card Approvals

USCIS Restricts In‑Country Green Card Processing and Tightens Signature and Security Rules

USCIS Says Most Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply

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Policy Changes

USCIS Orders Most Green Card Applications To Be Filed From Applicants’ Home Countries

USCIS Will Require Most Nonimmigrants to Leave U.S. to Seek Green Card

USCIS Narrows Deferred Action to Exceptional, Case-by-Case Relief

USCIS Tightens Vetting, Pauses Many Decisions, Reopens Doctor Filings, Adds $102 Asylum Fee

Canada Refines Express Entry for 2026 to Fast-Track Researchers, Transport Workers, Doctors and Skilled Military Recruits

Canada’s International Student Arrivals Plunge in 2025, IRCC Reports 52% Decline

U.S. Weighs Adding DNA to ESTA Screening for Some Visa-Waiver Travelers

DHS Ends One-Year Abroad Requirement for Religious Workers After R-1 Visa Limit

IRCC Data Shows 1.05 Million Canadian Work Permits Expired, 927,000 More Set to Lapse in 2026

TSA Shares Passenger Lists With ICE to Flag and Detain Travelers With Deportation Orders

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