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Real stories from people affected by the USCIS adjudication pause. Every story matters.

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I applied for my adjustment of status (I-485) about one and a half years ago with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. It has also been about three months since I applied for my work permit (I-765, category C09). My current work permit is close to expiring, and this has created a lot of stress for me. If my case is not processed and my work permit is not renewed, I may not be able to continue working. Without the ability to work, it becomes very difficult to manage basic responsibilities such as paying rent and supporting my daily living expenses. This situation has put my life on hold and created serious uncertainty for my future and my family.

— AG, Virginia

Travel ban has separated me and my wife for 3 years now. She is in Afghanistan, living under the Taliban regime, due to which she was forced to leave her medical school in the last semester, because the Taliban banned all girls’ schools. She can’t work either because of they also banned women from working. Her only hope was to move to the USA and restart her education, and live a happy life with her husband. But this ban vanished all those hopes. She always keeps asking me when this will be over? But I don’t have an answer for that. She is depressed because of that. This impacted me as well. I can’t travel to Afghanistan to see her because my family believes the Taliban will detain or torture me for their political purposes if I go there and they find out I live in the U.S.

— California