US Green Card: The biggest shock of the Trump government, now you will not get a green card by staying in America, you will have to evacuate the country immediately.

The Donald Trump government has given the biggest blow so far to millions of immigrants, especially Indian IT professionals and students, who dream of living and settling in America. The Trump administration has announced the implementation of a new rule on Friday, which has shocked everyone. According to this new strict rule, now any foreign citizen who was thinking of applying for a Green Card while staying inside America, this path has been closed for him. Now the applicants will first have to leave America, go back to their country and complete the entire process from there.

Under the current system, foreign nationals living in the US could easily apply for a green card using the ‘Adjustment of Status’ process while living there. But after this new decision of the Trump government, it will not be easy for immigrants to get permanent US citizenship.

USCIS issued new guidelines: Be prepared to visit the embassy

In this new and strict guideline issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), it has been clearly stated that people seeking a Green Card will no longer be able to normally stay in America and file the application. They will have to return to their home country (e.g. India for Indians) and start the application process afresh through the US Embassy or Consulate there.

For your information, let us tell you that Green Card is an official identity card, which allows any foreign citizen to legally live and settle in America permanently. Once a Green Card is obtained, any person can live anywhere in America, work in any company of his choice, study there and can move in and out of America without any restrictions under the prescribed rules. Not only this, after a few years, a claim for American citizenship can also be made on the basis of this green card.

‘Now you will have to apply only after returning home’, exemption will be available only in special circumstances

While approving this new rule, USCIS spokesperson Jack Kahler said in a blunt tone that from now on, any person living temporarily in America and wants to get a green card, will have to compulsorily return to his country and apply. He made it clear that only in very exceptional and special circumstances will anyone be exempted from this rule, otherwise this rule will apply equally to everyone. According to the spokesperson, this big step has been taken to implement the basic objective of the American immigration law on the ground so that people follow the American immigration system correctly and honestly.

A mountain of troubles will fall on international students and H-1B visa holders

The biggest blow of this decision of the Trump administration is going to fall on those international students, software engineers working on H-1B visa and those who visited America on tourist visa, who were hoping to get a green card while living on American soil. Jack Kahler further said that we are permanently eliminating all those loopholes and loopholes in the American immigration system, which people used to take advantage of. Now misuse of our system will not be allowed at any cost.

Now strict investigation will be done on ‘case to case’ basis, the era of misuse of the system is over

After the arrival of the new policy memo, now getting a green card through ‘Adjustment of Status’ while staying inside America will be considered a very extraordinary relief, that is, it will no longer be a common practice. Now the immigration officers will investigate such selected cases on ‘case to case’ i.e. by examining the different Aadhaar and records of each person.

Meanwhile, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also made it clear while sharing a post on social media that those who have come to America temporarily and want to get a green card, they will have to go to their country first. This policy has been designed to run the immigration system completely within the ambit of law. The government has given a clear message that the era of misuse of the system is now completely over.

Trump administration told why it took such a big step?

USCIS argues that there is a big reason behind bringing this new and strict rule. This will drastically reduce the number of people hiding in America illegally even after the visa period expires (Visa Overstay). Also, it has been seen many times that after the green card application was rejected, foreigners used to disappear somewhere in America, now that problem will also be completely controlled. The agency believes that nonimmigrants such as students, temporary workers, and tourists come to the United States for a limited time and for a specific purpose, so their temporary travel should not be used as a stepping stone to the green card process.

A large number of Indians may be affected: Understand the complete mathematics from the figures

This decision of the Trump government has raised lines of worry on the forehead of the Indian community because most of the Indians are standing in the queue for the green card. If we look at the figures, in the financial year 2024, about 49,700 people of Indian origin had acquired US citizenship through the Green Card process. In this case, Indians are the second largest group in the world after Mexico. Indians alone accounted for 6.1 percent of the total foreigners who acquired American citizenship. In such a situation, India is likely to suffer the biggest blow from this new rule.

USCIS enumerated the benefits of this new rule

However, the American administration is seeing this decision as its benefit. He says that by transferring the entire process of green card application to American embassies and embassies abroad, the workload on the resources of USCIS, the agency working within America itself, will be significantly reduced. This will allow the agency to devote more time and attention to expeditiously processing other pending applications for citizenship within the United States, visa applications from victims of violent crimes, and serious cases involving human trafficking.