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May 01, 2026
USCIS Update: Adjudication Holds & New Vetting Process
USCIS has implemented a new security vetting process effective April 27, 2026, which has resulted in temporary “holds” on many immigration adjudications pending in field offices nationwide. This change may require USICS’s internal re‑submission of fingerprints for pending cases that completed FBI checks before...
read moreJanuary 30, 2026
H-1B Cap Lottery Season is Underway
This message is meant only for those clients who are considering submitting a registration in this year’s H-1B Cap Lottery. If that does not apply to you, you may ignore this message. USCIS confirmed today, January 30, 2026, that the registration period for the fiscal year 2027 H-1B cap will open at...
read moreJanuary 15, 2026
U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY UPDATE: PAUSE ON IMMIGRANT VISA ISSUANCE FOR NATIONALITIES AT “HIGH RISK OF PUBLIC BENEFITS USAGE”
Please note that this latest “travel ban” only affects citizens of the named countries who are outside the U.S. and awaiting the processing of a “Green Card” Immigrant Visa On January 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) published a visa policy update,...
read moreDecember 31, 2025
NEW H-1B LOTTERY RULES
There are big changes on the horizon for the 2027 H-1B Lottery Season. New rules have been announced on the process by which US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposes to select H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries to fill the 85,000 H-1B cap spaces....
read moreDecember 05, 2025
Important Update – USCIS “Hold and Review” Memo Affects Asylum & Benefit Applications for “High-Risk Countries” (and may impact naturalization applications)
On December 2, 2025, USCIS issued Policy Memorandum PM-602-0192 — titled “Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum Applications and all USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Aliens from High-Risk Countries.” What does the memo do It places an immediate hold on all pending asylum...
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