On Friday, August 15, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum ...

US widens citizenship rules, ordering officers to weigh conduct, taxes, jobs and community ties in 'good moral character' ...

The Trump administration plans to scrutinize applications for US citizenship more closely, focusing on good moral character.

USCIS is shifting to a more comprehensive evaluation of 'good moral character' for citizenship applicants, moving beyond a ...

"It entails a holistic assessment of an alien’s behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions that ...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a major policy shift that restores a rigorous and holistic ...

The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration ...

When it comes to immigrants who want to become citizens of the United States, the second-term government of Donald Trump has turned on the moral compass. Although “good moral character” has long been ...

When the children were younger, the first question they would ask when we would travel somewhere — anywhere — was, “Are we ...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services told officers on Friday to consider several additional factors when determining ...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the federal agency in charge of overseeing the country's legal immigration system, ...