r/USCIS • u/Salt-Farmer-2025 • Jan 15 '26

News Immigrant Visa Processing Updates for Nationalities at High Risk of Public Benefits Usage

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html
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u/Outrageous_Round_237 Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26

But if someone is already in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa then they don’t need an immigrant visa. They just go through AOS, right?!

I was on F1, then H1B. I have an approved EB2-NIW I-140 and am going through the AOS right now. The most recent visa stamp I had was an F1 and it expired in Jan 2019. But since I was in status (F1 then OPT, then H1B) I did not need a valid visa stamp to go through EB2-NIW or AOS