All Decisions for 19 Travel Ban Countries will affect all immigration related benefits due to slowdown in processing by USCIS and DOS. On December 2, 2025, USCIS published PM-602-0192, Hold and Review of All Pending Asylum Applications and All USCIS Benefits Filed by Aliens from High-Risk Countries. The memo instructs personnel to pause ALL for benefits, re-review, and re-interview where necessary. This affects foreign nationals who were born in any of the listed “high-risk countries,” regardless of whether these individuals hold a different nationality (i.e., passport from a different country) today. Additionally, AILA sought clarification on the language in relation to “all benefits requests,” “includes, but not limited to” the forms listed in the footnote. Therefore, the pause applies to adjudication of all form types, ...

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