I-485 filings, interview preparation, the discretionary frame under recent USCIS memos, and country-based adjudication pauses.
A Navy spouse entered to visit, got a severe pregnancy diagnosis, and filed to adjust. A lawyer called it a '100% denial' on immigrant intent. It isn't.
A K-1 spouse is being left undocumented because vaccines cost $900. File the I-485 anyway; most post-K-1 green cards clear without the extra shots.
USCIS denied a soldier's spouse's I-485 over a missing tax return with no notice first. Why a new I-485, not an I-290B, is the move, and when to sue.
Hospital charity care and public charge: a discount program isn't a public benefit, but on a pending I-485 a simple payment plan is the safer move.
You married a U.S. citizen after entering on a visit. With your country paused, adjustment of status is the stronger play. Plan for the interview risks.
Did unauthorized gig work during OPT and answered 'no' on the I-485? Don't mail an unsolicited errata sheet. Hand it to the officer and explain it in person.
Your green card is conditional only if your marriage is under two years old on the day USCIS approves the I-485 — not the wedding date, not the filing date.
An applicant whose marriage-based green-card case has been pending for nearly two years called USCIS twice this spring to ask for a status update. The reply both times was a soft promise to schedule the interview. The advice from the bar in 2026: stop asking.
USCIS is now interviewing nearly every I-485 applicant, including employment-based filers. With the May 21 memo redefining adjustment as 'extraordinary' discretionary relief, what attorneys tell clients about the in-status defense, the 60/90-day fraud presumption, and the questions officers are asking has changed sharply.