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, ...

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 ...

In an effort to increase the usage and visibility of the E-Verify system, USCIS announced on August 15 that it has expanded E-Verify's "Self Check" feature to include residents of 16 additional states ...

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 ...

USCIS ordered officers to halt approvals on all pending green card, citizenship, and asylum cases until expanded FBI background checks are completed, with no clear timeline provided.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has paused approvals for a wide range of immigration applications while implementing enhanced FBI background checks mandated by an executive order from ...

After the 9-11 terrorist attacks, the US Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS) has required enhanced criminal and national security background checks on all applicants for immigration benefits, ...

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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 ...