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.

The Trump administration has announced that temporary visa holders must leave the US to apply for green cards. Here’s who is affected and why it matters.

The federal government has issued a policy memo reiterating its immigration policy that people seeking green cards must apply from outside the United States. The memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stated that,

Federal immigration officials just released a memo on Friday with a potentially huge impact on employers and their foreign national employees