President Joe Biden’s Parole in Place Process designed to keep families together KFT PIP was announced with much fanfare. The program was intended to assist certain spouses and stepchildren of United States citizens. Known as Keeping Families Together, or KFT for short, the program went into effect on August 19, 2024. Unfortunately, days after its implementation, 16 states filed a lawsuit to stop the process. As a result, a federal district court in Texas immediately ordered USCIS to stop approving applications while the case was pending, in spite of allowing applicants to continue to file applications under the process. On November 7, 2024, the same court ruled that there was no authority to create the program and halted the program completely. This court reasoned that the Biden administration did not have the authority to issue this type of parole in place and found that the program was invalid. As a result, USCIS cannot accept, process, or issue a decision on any KFT PIP applications any longer. On November 13, 2024, USCIS updated its website, confirming that USCIS will not adjudicate pending KFT PIP applications and will not accept new applications. Biometrics appointments related to KFT PIP are now canceled. Some applicants may feel obligated to attend their biometrics appointment (and that’s fine), but if they do, they will be turned away without their biometrics being taken. It is unclear how USCIS will process those applications that have been previously submitted. USCIS will be publishing information in the near future with new directives detailing how these issues will be finalized.