United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced it would be adopting a risk-based approach in its policy to allow immigration officers to waive in-person interviews for conditional permanent residents (“CPRs”) who have filed a petition to remove the conditions on their permanent resident status. The newly updated policy sets out the criteria USCIS officers are to use when deciding to waive interviews of the US citizens and lawful permanent residents’ (“LPR”) family members who have conditional permanent residency status in the US and have submitted a Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residency. This update, effective immediately, replaces previous guidance that required all CPRs undergo an interview if they obtained CPR status through consular processing.