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Tell your senators what the USCIS pause is doing to Iranians in America.
Since Policy Memos PM-602-0192 and PM-602-0194, more than 12,000 Iranian students and tens of thousands of pending applications have been frozen indefinitely. Write a personal email to your representatives in under five minutes — or read what others are living through.
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Why this matters
USCIS Policy Memoranda PM-602-0192 and PM-602-0194, issued in December 2025 and January 2026, placed an indefinite “hold and review” on virtually all pending immigration benefit applications (I-485, I-140, I-129, I-765/OPT, N-400) from nationals of ~39 countries including Iran. Presidential Proclamation 10998 (effective January 1, 2026) compounded this by banning issuance of all visas to Iranian nationals — F-1 student visas included for the first time.
The pause has no end date. Students who paid the $470 OPT filing fee receive no decision, leaving graduates stuck in F-1 status without work authorization. Roughly 1,800 Iranian students per year use OPT — new approvals could drop to zero this cycle.
Your senators and House representative have direct authority to press USCIS for action. Even one well-written constituent email gets logged and counted. Hundreds of them get attention.