https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-will-grant-adjustment-of-status-only-in-extraordinary
Does this mean pause country people who are doing AOS needs to return and be impacted by pause??
i saw A comment about this sub becoming an echo chamber by u/Mysterious-Art8838 and I think its realistic about whats happening. Hope is good but its turning into toxic positivity and any negative comments are disliked which i dont have a problem with but disliking hides that comment so less people see it and it also says that its not good when its just depends on irrational emotions of people who clicked that button.
And agressively attacking everyone who asks a generic question, i know this is tiring and ive also searched for answers that dont exist sometimes and youve probably been in that position too. So again dont attack everyone who asks such a question as there is a person on that side who is just like you.
This positivity can be a problem since it can influence people to make irreversible decisions. For example, a couple impacted by the pause may make large decisions like purchasing a house or a car, influenced by comments saying that the pause will lift in May, even if that is unrealistic. Let's keep this a realistic, fact-based community and not based on illogical or irrational optimism or pessimism.
The facts say: "We don't know." The closest objective reasoning we can get to suggests a long legal battle with smaller possibilities of an administrative lift when they finish their review. While these are not what we want to hear, it is the objective reasoning encouraged in this subreddit's sidebar. That user's piece of advice is spot-on: "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst." Always have a backup plan in case the pause lasts until 2029 or beyond.
Seriously every post there is arguments like toxicity yes no one knows but im saying to create megathread but people refuse and its like everytime theres repetitive question theres attacking and arguing like THATS THE POINT OF MEGATHREAD to take this uncertain stuff there and talk there instead, we can kindly point people to there instead of attacking newcomers and driving them away. Bcos barely any other places are talking about this pause this is a place for news and stuff but im tired at how the environment has gotten. yes we are tired but thats not an excuse to be rude
So let say pause is lifted, for those in 221g how long will it take for them to get their visa? Will there be a backlog
Like on social media when people drawing attention to pause I see a lot of comments that are just "please lift the pause for [country]/[category]" like everyone is facing the same pause?! its not just one country and its exceedingly unlikely they will exempt just one country. if everyone is divided it weakens the case - be focused on relief for everyone and not just you.
Like things to cope that arent related to this. Little things can matter
Want to propose these changes for this group:
1. Rule 8
Currently, Rule 8 states that "Posts Downvoted to 'Zero' Will Be Removed." While this helps filter low-effort content, it can be a bit "trigger-happy" if a post gets a single stray downvote immediately after being posted, especially when it's due to Reddit's "vote fuzzing" system, which can show the post having 0 votes even if no one downvoted it.
The Suggestion:
2. Create a "Commonly Asked Questions" Megathread
We see the same questions daily—most notably: "When will the pause end?" or "When will there be an update on [lawsuit]?"
The Suggestion:
Note: I used Google Gemini to draft this as my English is not that good, but all the ideas are my own and I have read the content to make sure it accurately represents what I mean.
it says "order on motion for extension of time to and set/reset deadlines" what does this mean? will it take longer now?
Guys if the clinic wins could gov go to scotus shadow docket? They are doing that a lot and getting stays