USCIS has paused final decisions in major categories of immigration cases, including all asylum and withholding applications, certain refugee green card cases, and many pending applications involving people from designated “high-risk” countries. The policy also allows for re-review of previously approved cases and may create broader processing delays across the system, with no announced end date as of February 27, 2026. It could affect not just pending applications, but also people who thought their cases were already resolved, including some green card, citizenship, and visa-related matters.
