'Stricter' US green card policy: What Filipinos should know

MANILA, Philippines – The Trump administration is tightening rules for non-immigrant visa holders planning to “adjust status” and obtain their green card while they are in the U.S. — a policy that would require foreigners, including Filipinos to return to their home countries to process their U.S. residency appeal. While the rule is unlikely to impact a “big majority” of Filipinos given that most of them apply from the Philippines through family petitions or employers, the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. has this advice for those fretting over the U.S. guidance announced last May 22 — reassess your options based on […]... Keep on reading: 'Stricter' US green card policy: What Filipinos should know