The Trump administration has walked back its announcement that non-citizens seeking permanent US residency, commonly called a Green Card, would need to return to their home country to apply, The New York Times reported.

When President Donald Trump's administration announced last week that it would require green card seekers to apply from their home countries instead of in the U.S., immigration…

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services had said that those seeking permanent residency would have to return to their home countries for Green Cards.