According to reports, on August 28, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order in Medani v. Trump that temporarily vacated PM-602-0193 pending further litigation. That memorandum, issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on December 19, 2025, placed a “hold” on Diversity Visa (DV)-related adjustment of status applications and ordered a comprehensive review of related policies, procedures, and screening and vetting processes. USCIS is now ordered, “to the extent practicable and in good faith, to take all reasonable steps during the remainder of the Diversity Visa fiscal year to resume ordinary adjudication of plaintiffs’ pending adjustment of status applications without applying” the memo.
USCIS noted that the court granted in part the plaintiff’s motion for class certification. With respect to USCIS, the court certified the following subclass: “all selectees and derivative beneficiaries under the FY-2026 Diversity Visa Program who are subject to the USCIS DV Hold imposed by Policy Memorandum PM-602-0193.”
USCIS said it “strongly disagrees with the Court’s order but will follow its terms pending possible further judicial review.”
