USCIS Is Delaying Your Application | Here's Why & What To Do

On April 27, 2026, something significant happened that is impacting immigration applications across the country; and if you have a pending case, this is essential listening.In this episode, Richard Wilner, Board Certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law and Founding Shareholder of Wilner & O'Reilly, breaks down the new USCIS vetting procedures tied to expanded FBI criminal database access and what it means for your pending application.Key Topics Covered in This Episode:What Changed on April 27, 2026: Why immigration lawyers across the country began receiving notifications about widespread adjudication delays.The FBI Database Connection: How Executive Order 12385 expanded the FBI's criminal history sharing with the Department of Homeland Security and what that means for your case.Who Is Affected: Naturalization, adjustment of status, and asylum applicants and the one exception to the new fingerprint re-vetting requirement.Your Rights Under the Law: How the Administrative Procedures Act protects applicants from unreasonable government delays.The Writ of Mandamus: The federal legal tool that can compel the government to act on your case and what it really takes to fight it today.A delay is not a denial. But waiting indefinitely is not your only option. As Richard Wilner explains, if your case is clean and the delay is unreasonable, you have rights and you have options.For more information or to discuss your case, visit us at www.wilneroreilly.com.