On August 15, 2025, USCIS issued a memo stating its intent to change how the agency will assess whether applicants meet the good moral character (“GMC”) requirements for naturalization. On August 22, 2025, USCIS issued another memo that prescribes neighborhood visits to investigate naturalization applicants for scrutiny of the applicant’s residency, GMC, and attachment to the U.S. Constitution. As with the GMC memo, this memo does not exist in the official repository of USCIS policy, or the USCIS Policy Manual. At this time, there are no instructions on how these memos will be implemented by USCIS.
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