5/23/2026 USCIS issued a Policy Memorandum on May 21 which is causing widespread panic. It’s called “Adjustment of Status is a Matter of Discretion and Administrative Grace, and an Extraordinary Relief that Permits Applicants to Dispense with the Ordinary Consular Visa Process” PM-602-0199. The gist of the memo is that USCIS apparently wants to route almost all adjustment of status seekers through consular processing at U.S. consular posts in their home country rather than th