DHS in Pawkna ah Religious Worker tampi tungah Waiting Time a tawh khi

January 14, 2026 ni in, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in thiltuah pawlpi a gen a, religious worker le faith community te tungah a tawhkhia. Interim final rule in, DHS in R-1 status nei thupi religious worker tampi tungah one-year foreign residency requirement a tawm kha.

Hih thil thlengna in staffing a tawmna leh immigration backlog ah a tawmna ziak in a buai pawlpi te ading a sawmna kipahna a pia hi.

Rule thak in a hnuai ah bang a thleng

Tu a hma law in, R-1 status neih religious worker te in five-year maximum a kim a, United States pan a tawm in, a tawm khit a kum khat sung a om ngei ding a, R-1 status ah a hong lut na ding a ngen thei hi.

DHS rule thak in one-year waiting period a tawm kha. R-1 religious worker te in statutory limit a kimpah a, United States pan a tawm uh a thupi hi, ahihhang a hong lut na ding in gam dang ah hun thupi khat sung a om ding a kisam nawnlo hi.

Hih in, worker a kilawmte in amau hun leh visa processing timeline bangin a ma lam in a hong lut thei ding hi.

Kuate in hih thil thlengna pan kipahna nei

Rule in religious worker te khempeuh a huam hi, hihte a kihel kha:

• Ministers leh pastors
• Priests leh nuns
• Rabbis leh faith leader dangte
• Non-ministerial religious worker pawlkhat

Pawlpi tampi ading in hih mite a thakna a baihlo hi. Hun sawm a omna in service tawm, community program zong a tawm leh faith institution ah a buaina a piang hi.

Religious worker te gam dang ah hun sawm a om ding a tawmna a tawh khit, DHS in hih buaina te a tawm sak leh gam sung religious community te ading continuity a pia nuam hi.

DHS in bang ziak in hih thil thlengna a bawl

Hih update pen Donald Trump Executive Order 14205 tawh a kizop hi, White House Faith Office a bawl leh religious freedom leh expression a kipsak hi.

EB-4 immigrant category ah visa backlog sawm a omna zong a za a, demand in supply a zat kum tampi hi. Department of State in 2023 a bawl thil thak te in gam pawlkhat pan religious worker te ading waiting time a lian sak hi. R-1 worker tampi in hun a tawm ziak bek in United States pan a tawm uh, amau service a kisam nawnlo ziak hilo hi.

DHS in a genna ah, one-year foreign residency requirement a tawmna in religious organization te in amau clergies leh staff a kipah nawnlo ding a khawl hi.

Khakna leh public comment hun

Interim final rule pen tu in a thupi hi. Religious worker leh sponsoring organization te in tu in policy thak a zat thei uh, implement na ding steps dangte a ngak nawnlo hi.

A lamdang ah, DHS leh U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Federal Register ah a kibawl khit a ni 60 sung public comment ziak te a lat hi. Hih in stakeholder te in rule a suakta ding bangin a khitkawm theih na ding a hun a pia hi.

Religious organization te ading bang hih ding

R-1 worker a sponsor pawlpi te in amau staffing leh immigration timeline te a simkhol ding uh. Hih rule in worker te a ma lam in a hong lut theih na ding door a hong hawn hi, leh future transition te ading planning hoih zaw a piak hi.

R-1 leh EB-4 case te in a thupi a fact-specific hi, hih ziak in travel leh filing decision a bawl ma in legal guidance a kisam mahmah hi.

Final thoughts

Hih rule in United States in religious worker te a kheh bangin a kilengna kici hi. Waiting period a kisamlo te a tawmna in, DHS in immigration enforcement leh faith-based organization te practical leh spiritual need te a balansa dingin step khat a la hi.

Hih thil thlengna ah a om religious worker leh institution te ading in, a thupi na ding in a theihkhol leh a hlawh khol ding hi, immigration policy te a kikhel zel ma in.

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