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Abdul Aman Sediqi, an Afghan who holds a U.S. Special Immigrant Visa, holds his son in Houston Aug. 26, 2021, as his family prepared to sign a lease on a new apartment following their evacuation from Afghanistan. (OSV News photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)

Catholic group wins as judge calls White House's 75-country visa ban 'patently unlawful'

Daniel Payne|Aug 26, 2026|2 Min Read

Parishioners and members of other area parishes participate in a "Keep Our Priests" rosary rally at St. Mary Church in East Islip, N.Y., April 29, 2024. More than 300 people gathered to pray for changes in U.S. immigration procedures to prioritize visa and green card applications for foreign-born religious workers. On Jan. 14, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security announced it issued an interim final rule reducing wait times for religious worker visas. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US bishops praise DHS policy change on wait times for religious worker visas

Kate Scanlon|Jan 14, 2026|6 Min Read

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington Sept. 19, 2025. Trump signed two executive orders, one to establish a visa program overseen by the secretary of commerce called the "Trump Gold Card" and one to introduce a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. (OSV News photo/Ken Cedeno, Reuters)

Catholic immigration advocates express concern about new $100,000 H-1B visa fee

Kate Scanlon|Sep 22, 2025|2 Min Read

San Diego's Saint Jude Shrine of the West Church. (stjudesd.com)

Deacon in San Diego says he will self-deport after residency status revoked

Daniel Payne|Sep 17, 2025|2 Min Read

Fathers Charles Gnanapragasam, right, and Thomas Pers participate in a "Keep Our Priests" rosary rally at St. Mary Church in East Islip, N.Y., April 29, 2024. More than 300 people gathered to pray for changes in U.S. immigration procedures to prioritize visa and green card applications for foreign-born religious workers, many of whom are being forced to leave the country because of federal delays in processing immigration paperwork. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Catholic advocates push Trump administration to address religious worker visa backlog

Kate Scanlon|Aug 15, 2025|5 Min Read

ICE

NJ diocese hopes proposed law will resolve religious worker visa problems

Gina Christian|Jun 6, 2025|5 Min Read

Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney of Paterson, N.J., is seen participating in the Via Crucis, or the Way of the Cross, near the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson on Good Friday, April 7, 2023. The Paterson Diocese and five of its diocesan priests filed a lawsuit against federal agencies Aug. 8, 2024, in the U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., arguing a rule change in religious worker visas means the foreign-born priests are in the position of having to "count the days until they have no lawful choice but to abandon their congregations" in the U.S. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US changes to religious worker visas could affect priests ministering in Arkansas, other dioceses

OSV News|Oct 23, 2024|6 Min Read

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Immigrant priests, New Jersey diocese sue U.S. State Department over visa delays

Daniel Payne|Aug 16, 2024|3 Min Read

WYD

World

Visa denials face applicants from developing nations ahead of World Youth Day

Nirmala Carvalho|Jul 24, 2023|3 Min Read

President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Luis, Ariz., June 23, 2020. The U.S. has suspended some visas and extended immigration restrictions. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

U.S. suspends some visas, extends immigration restrictions

Rhina Guidos|Jun 25, 2020|5 Min Read

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