Are Lawyers Just Trying to Scare Us About Immigration Processing?

Hey everyone, at first, I wasn’t really worried about the new administration. We’re about to send in my green card application—I’m applying as the wife of a U.S. citizen. At first, I thought that since they’re not approving as many asylum cases, it would help speed up the process for the rest of us. Makes sense, right? Fewer applications, less workload for USCIS.

But now I’ve seen some videos from lawyers saying they could change the validity date of the forms retroactively, meaning applications that were already sent might have to be resubmitted. And they might use that as an excuse to reject cases.

Honestly, that sounds like total nonsense to me—it even seems illegal. We’re planning to submit everything as soon as I get my medical exam results, but now I’m starting to get a little nervous.

Do you guys think it’s possible that they could randomly change the form dates and make us resubmit everything? Or that they’ll start asking for way more evidence? The process is already stressful enough as it is.

I have two friends who got their green cards during the Trump administration in just six months, and another friend who’s still waiting after two years. So, I don’t know if lawyers are just trying to scare applicants to get more clients because, from what I saw, cases were getting approved faster under Trump.

Most people did have to go through an interview, but I didn’t see anyone complaining about it.