New Green Card recipients claimed they did not receive the ‘Welcome to the United States’ guidebook along with their Green Card from the USCIS.
Because the booklet has traditionally served as an introductory guide for new lawful permanent residents, explaining their rights and responsibilities and providing information on settling in the US, the change has drawn attention. USCIS has not announced that the guide has been formally discontinued but they said that all information was available online. The development came at a time when the Trump administration has introduced a series of changes affecting the US immigration system, including changes to immigration processing and screening.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) appears to have stopped including its printed “Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants” with newly issued green card s, according to recent reports from Green Card recipients. The agency’s website continues to make the guide available online, and its official page for new green card holders still lists the publication among the resources available to permanent residents.
That broader context has prompted speculation about whether the disappearance of the printed welcome guide represents another policy change.