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Court Order on Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Hold Policy

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A federal court in California has temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy (PM-602-0193) that halted processing of diversity visa green-card applications. USCIS must now resume ordinary adjudication of pending diversity visa adjustment cases for the remainder of the fiscal year. This court order is in effect pending further litigation in the case. Applicants with pending diversity visa cases may see their applications move forward again.
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On Aug. 28, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order in Medani, et al., v. Trump, et al., 26-cv-6332 (NDCA), temporarily vacating PM-602-0193 pending further litigation. USCIS is ordered, “to the extent practicable and in good faith, to take all reasonable steps during the remainder of the Diversity Visa fiscal year to resume ordinary adjudication of plaintiffs’ pending adjustment of status applications without applying” PM-602-0193.

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