USCIS Implements Decision Vacating Public Charge Final Rule

USCIS stopped applying the Public Charge Final Rule to all pending applications and petitions on March 9, 2021. USCIS is applying the 1999 Interim Field Guidance to the adjudication of any application for adjustment of status that was pending or received on or after March 9, 2021. The 1999 guidance was in place before the Public Charge Final Rule was implemented. In addition, USCIS will no longer apply the separate, but related, public benefits condition to applications and petitions for extension of nonimmigrant stay and change of nonimmigrant status.