*The Trump administration has announced a sweeping change to the green card application process, directing people who entered the United States on temporary visas to leave the country and apply for permanent residency from abroad.

Some applicants faced new questions in interviews Tuesday, while others saw no change in light of the USCIS memo.

The Trump administration will now require people seeking green cards to leave the United States during the application process — a sweeping change that could upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of people seeking the right to legally and permanently live and work in the US.

Trump's immigration policy limits green card status adjustments, causing confusion and debate among lawyers, advocates, and policy experts.

A USCIS spokesman told Newsweek that the agency is “reasserting” what it believes Congress intended all along.