USCIS has just announced that all citizenship applicants will be required to have new photos taken (at a biometrics appointment) as part of the process. In the past, if there was a recent photo already in an applicant's file, the biometrics appointment could be skipped. This is likely to increase the backlogs even further...
You can read the new policy announcement here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20251212-PhotographReuse.pdf
Posted: to Citizenship News on Fri, Dec 12, 2025
Updated: Fri, Dec 12, 2025