U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services instructed officers on Friday to consider additional factors when determining ...

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

The new policy requires officers to conduct a "holistic assessment" that goes beyond checking criminal records. According to the memo, the determination "must involve more than a cursory mechanical ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently adopted new policy guidance altering the way immigration officers evaluate criminal sentences and make good moral character determinations.

Other Midwest states look at the same criteria in their liquor-license decisions. In Missouri, officials also judge a licensee on their good moral character. “It generally means that the person isn’t ...

“Unfortunately, with the term ‘good moral character’ – you ask the members of this commission to write out a definition and you’d get 12 different answers,” he said.

"In fact, there is no requirement like this for barbers, so it requires good moral character to tweeze a hair, not to shave one," said Andrew Ward, one of the lawyers with the Institute for Justice.

Being A Good College Student: The History of Good Moral Character Rules in State Financial Aid Programs, 1850 to Now Bradley D. Custer writes about state financial aid programs' good moral ...

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