{"id":3621,"date":"2026-05-27T12:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/27\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-new-us-green-card-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:39:43","slug":"tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-new-us-green-card-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=3621","title":{"rendered":"Tell us: have you been affected by the new US green card rules?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"3a2fdc41-e95a-4dff-9608-c211965b61c2\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Have you been affected by the rule change?\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cfca606cbd9105c88f42b354a07464d5098c4c58\/0_0_5600_4480\/master\/5600.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Have you been affected by the rule change?<\/span> Photograph: Hanna Kuprevich\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"3a2fdc41-e95a-4dff-9608-c211965b61c2\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Have you been affected by the rule change?<\/span> Photograph: Hanna Kuprevich\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Tell us: have you been affected by the new US green card rules?<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>We would like to hear from people who have been affected by the rule change<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the US to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the state department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/22\/green-card-applicants-trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The new rule marks the latest significant move by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> on immigration policy as the green card process had been unchanged for more than 60 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">We would like to hear from people affected by the rule change. 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