May 2, 2025
What Universities and F-1 Students Should Know about the SEVIS Cancellation Lawsuit
The Background: The U.S. government is in the process of formulating a new policy to regulate how SEVIS (Student and…
March 20, 2025
Registration Requirement for Foreign Nationals
On March 12, the Trump administration introduced an interim final rule that revives a provision of U.S. immigration law, which…
January 23, 2025
Trump Day 1 Executive Orders
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders that had significant implications for employers and…
December 19, 2024
New H-1B Rules Finalized
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finalized the remaining portions of its H-1B modernization regulation, which will go into…
December 16, 2024
Certain EAD Categories Are Eligible for Automatic Extensions of 540 days
Certain EAD categories will now receive an automatic extension of 540 days starting January 10, 2025. This was previously a…
September 9, 2024
H-1B Cap Reached
USCIS Completes Second Random Selection for FY 2025 H-1B Regular Cap: What It Means for Employers and Applicants USCIS has…
March 21, 2024
A Closer Look at USCIS Filing Fee Changes
As the dust settles on the USCIS’ Final Rule published on January 31, 2024, new concerns arise from the increase…
January 9, 2024
Rollout of Stateside Visa Renewal Pilot Program
On December 21, 2023, the Department of State published the Federal Register announcing that the stateside visa renewal pilot will…
October 26, 2023
Proposed H-1B Rule
On October 23, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal…