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This category displays articles relating to immigration and labor compliance policies coming from Congress or any of the executive agencies tasked with defining and enforcing the U.S. immigration policies.

October 2025 Government Shutdown and Immigration: (How) Will It Affect Me?

The federal government has been shut down as of October 1, 2025.   We are providing details on the immigration-related services that are impacted by the shutdown.   The biggest impact for employment-immigration matters is disruption in DOL services via FLAG [...]

By |2025-11-13T11:50:59-05:00September 17th, 2025|Articles, Government Shutdown, News, News Alert, Policy, USCIS|
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Understanding the New Alien Registration Requirements: Who Must Register, Penalties for Non-Compliance, and Parental Responsibilities

On March 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration.” Under the new rule, starting April 11, 2025, non-U.S. citizens staying in [...]

By |2025-03-27T11:11:42-04:00March 27th, 2025|Articles, News, News Alert, Policy, Trump 2, USCIS|
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USCIS I-693 Medical Exam Policy: Must be Filed with I-485 But Valid Indefinitely

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) have recently changed their policy and starting December 2, 2024 they will require Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record to be submitted at the same time with [...]

By |2024-12-05T12:00:23-05:00December 4th, 2024|AOS, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Policy|
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The Second Trump Administration and Immigration: Changes, Challenges and What to Expect?

Based on the election campaign and results, it is clear that the second Trump administration will bring significant changes and challenges to most (if not all) immigration processes.  We explore the potential directions a second Trump administration could [...]

By |2025-01-30T12:37:43-05:00November 6th, 2024|Articles, News, News Alert, Policy|
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Details of the New Public Charge Rule (Effective from December 23, 2022)

Starting December 23, 2022, a new Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule is in effect (see the full USCIS policy alert).     The final rule details how USCIS will apply the public charge ground of inadmissibility and [...]

By |2023-01-05T12:35:54-05:00January 5th, 2023|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Policy|
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USCIS Restrictions on Multiple H-1B Cap Petitions for Same Beneficiary by Related Employers

Update:  March 2024.   Starting FY2025 H-1B cap season, USCIS will switch to beneficiary-centric selection process which will count each beneficiary only once for registration selection purposes.  See more details about the new rule. Update:  March 2022.   Starting FY2023 H-1B cap season, USCIS requires H-1B registrant employers to make an additional attestation which reads, I further [...]

By |2026-01-17T17:13:43-05:00March 3rd, 2022|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert, Policy, USCIS|
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President Trump Temporarily Suspends U.S. Entry for Certain H-1B, J-1 and L-1 Workers

In an executive order dated Monday, June 22, 2020, President Trump has temporarily barred certain work visa holders from entering the U.S. The restriction becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. EDT on June 24, 2020, will expire on December 31, 2020 (unless renewed), and will ban certain H, J and L work visa holders from entering [...]

By |2020-08-13T10:02:12-04:00June 22nd, 2020|Articles, L-1, News, News Alert, Policy|
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USCIS Makes Substantial Changes to I-539 Application Process Starting March 11, 2019

USCIS has announced that it is making changes to Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status and that the new revised form will be the only version allowed starting March 11, 2019.  Unfortunately,  USCIS has also indicated that the form itself will only be available on USCIS website on March 11, 2019 - the same [...]

By |2023-09-26T11:20:55-04:00February 14th, 2019|Articles, Fees, News, News Alert, Policy|
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USCIS Proposes Rule to Change H-1B Cap Lottery System and US Master’s Degree Lottery

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) has published a proposed rule which seeks to amend in substantial ways the way the annual H-1B “cap” work visa applications and lottery are being filed and how the U.S. master’s degree applications are being allocated under the H-1B cap lottery. Please note that this is a proposed [...]

By |2018-12-06T11:33:00-05:00December 6th, 2018|Articles, Employees, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert, Policy|
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USCIS Ombudsman Listening Session on H-1B Premium Processing Suspension

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Ombudsman Office is organizing a listening session regarding the suspension of premium processing for most H-1B petitions.   The goal of this session is to hear from the public how the H-1B premium processing suspension [...]

By |2018-10-25T10:39:43-04:00October 25th, 2018|H-1B, News, News Alert, Policy|
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