Thousands of H1-B visa holders in US may no longer be automatically required to leave the country while applying for permanent residency, after US immigration authorities issued a clarification on a controversial new policy introduced by the Trump administration.

Authorities say Green Cards from inside US are discretionary, not automatic rights.

The new Green Card rule that applicants can't wait for their Green Card in the US and should go back to their country of origin has sent shockwaves, as 1.2 million legal…

It's just the latest step by the Trump administration to make legal immigration to the United States more difficult.

Applicants already in the US on temporary visas — including students, tourists and temporary workers — will generally be expected to pursue green cards through consular processing…

Migrants to the US seeking permanent residency or a green card will have to return to their home country to file their applications, as per a new USCIS policy note on Friday

Applying for a green card can take months or longer, meaning people could be forced to leave their families or jobs whilst the process is ongoing.

A new federal memo could force hundreds of thousands of visa holders to leave the U.S.—and wait abroad—to apply for permanent residency.

New United States immigration rules will create more procedural hurdles for Indian professionals and students seeking permanent residency. Those already in the US may need to…

Thousands of H1-B visa holders in US may no longer be automatically required to leave the country while applying for permanent residency, after US immigration authorities issued a…

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a clarification on the Trump administration’s new Green Card policy that could require many applicants to apply for…

Those who show an ‘economic benefit’ may not have to leave the United States during the permanent residency process, the authorities told the ‘Newsweek’.

Some 540,000 family-based and around 170,000 employment-based green card applications are currently pending with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), show data…