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January 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...
read moreOctober 31, 2025
USCIS Ends Automatic Work Authorization Extensions for Most EAD Categories
Final Rule titled “Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents” (90 Fed. ROn October 30, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an Interim Final Rule titled “Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents” (90 Fed. Reg. 48799). This...
read moreOctober 21, 2025
UPDATE Presidential Proclamation Requires $100,000 Payment for Certain H-1B Petitions – USCIS Issues Implementation Guidance
Overview On September 19, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers.” USCIS has now released implementing guidance (as of October 20, 2025) detailing which H-1B petitions are subject to the new $100,000 payment requirement, how and...
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