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CHNV Parole Update: SCOTUS Grants Stay, Terminations May Proceed — But Implementation Unclear

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/10/2025

In a 7–2 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 30th (with Justices Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting), the Court granted the federal government’s request to stay the district court’s injunction that had blocked the...more

Presidential Proclamation Restricting Travel from Certain Countries: What Businesses Need to Know

Quarles & Brady LLP on 6/9/2025

President Trump signed a proclamation entitled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” This action reinstates...more

Navigating the New Entry Restrictions: Implications for Global Mobility and Workforce Planning

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2025

On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation aimed at enhancing national security by restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. This action builds on Executive...more

Recent Executive Orders May Affect Immigration Pathways for AI and Related Fields

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/20/2025

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has issued significant executive orders concerning artificial intelligence (AI) that may influence immigration pathways for professionals in AI and related fields...more

USCIS Steps Up VISA Enforcement Activity

Burr & Forman on 11/20/2019

Employers who file I-129 petitions to sponsor foreign nationals for work visas make a number of representations to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about the terms of the foreign national’s employment,...more

USCIS Clarifies Position on AC21 H-1B Extensions

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 1/15/2018

Last week, USCIS clarified that it is not considering changing its interpretation of the H-1B extension of status provisions offered in the American Competitiveness in the Twenty First Century Act (AC21)....more

Rumored Changes To The H Visa Category

Dickinson Wright on 1/10/2018

Certain news reports have hinted that the pursuant to President Trump’s “Buy America, Hire America” Executive Order of April, 2017, the Trump Administration is considering changes to the H Visa Program. ...more

Important Developments in Business Immigration Law

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 9/26/2017

The Revised Version of Travel Ban to Take Effect Next Month - On Sept. 24, President Trump issued a proclamation that indefinitely bans certain citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea from...more

Higher Costs for Highly Skilled Foreign Workers in Store for Employers?

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/29/2017

Despite the absence of new regulations or policies enacted following the President’s “Buy American and Hire American” Executive Order, a recent shift in the adjudication of H-1B visas indicates the Administration’s policy...more

Trump Targets Tech Teams (And Others) Through H-1B Crackdown

Fisher Phillips on 4/20/2017

President Trump signed an executive order this week directing a full review of the H-1B visa program as part of a continued push to clamp down companies that hire foreign labor instead of American workers. The centerpiece of...more

New Executive Order Addresses H-IB Visas

Littler on 4/19/2017

On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order (EO), which addresses H-IB visas. The EO calls for the application of existing U.S. laws to visa recipients and the revaluation...more

Buy American and Hire American and the H-1B Lottery

Franczek P.C. on 4/19/2017

On April 18, President Trump signed an Executive Order labeled the “Buy American and Hire American” initiative. Federal agencies are already subject to certain laws and regulations which require or give preference to American...more

USCIS H-1B Cap Numbers

Cozen O'Connor on 4/19/2017

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 7, 2017 that the agency reached the congressionally mandated number of 65,000 visa H-1B Cap petitions for FY2018. USCIS reported on April 17, 2017 that...more

H-1B Cap Reached; President Trump Signs H-1B Executive Order

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 4/19/2017

On April 7, only five business days into the filing season, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had already received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory caps for both...more

Recent Developments in Business Immigration Law - USCIS to suspend H-1B Premium Processing next month

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 3/8/2017

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will suspend Premium Processing of all H-1B filings starting on April 3, 2017. This includes all Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B cap filings, as well as H-1B...more

U.S. Announces Suspension of Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

Littler on 3/6/2017

On Friday, March 3, 2017, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective April 3, 2017, it will temporarily suspend premium processing for H-1B petitions. This suspension may last for...more

The Election is Over, Now What?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/22/2016

Now that the election is over, many clients and friends are asking what labor and employment law might look like under the soon to be President Trump. Of course, no one can predict exactly what will happen in the coming term....more

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