Following the June 8, 2026 District Court decision striking down the $100,000 H-1B fee requirement in State of California v. Mullin (PDF copy), a major appellate development has occurred. On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit officially DENIED the federal government's emergency motion to stay the vacatur order pending [...]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a final rule in the Federal Register (8 CFR Parts 214, 248, and 274a) officially replacing the longstanding [...]
Our office has observed a troubling trend of the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing denials of PERM Labor Certifications (Form ETA-9089) based on allegedly “incomplete” explanations in Appendix C. This action frequently stems from how employers answer [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the August 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa [...]
USCIS has announced that they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2027 (FY 2027) after the initial (and only) selection round. This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection after [...]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule officially rescinding the 2022 Biden-era regulation regarding public charge determinations. The now-rescinded Biden-era regulation restricted which public benefits DHS could consider, [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the July 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the [...]
The Department of Labor (DOL) will implement its annual update to the prevailing wage data used for employment-based immigration programs on July 1, 2026. Because the prevailing wage serves as a required minimum salary for several visa categories, these updates routinely result in higher wage floors across the country. Employers planning to file new or [...]
The U.S. State Department, working in close collaboration with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has announced that all available immigrant visas in the Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) category for applicants chargeable to [...]
On May 21, 2026, USCIS issued Policy Memorandum (“PM-602-0199”), which lays out the agency’s view that Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) under INA § 245(a) is an “extraordinary” [...]
