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H-1B Visa Rule Moves Closer to Release: Wage-Based Selection Likely

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/12/2025

The Trump administration is one step closer to unveiling a major change in how H-1B visas are allocated. On August 8, the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) signed off on a proposed rule that...more

USCIS to Increase Scrutiny for TN Visa Requirements: Impact on Employers

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 7/22/2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated its policy manual regarding TN visa eligibility requirements. The new guidance imposes stricter guidelines for eligibility. Changes focus on the nature of the...more

New USCIS Guidance overhauls TN visa requirements

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/30/2025

The USCIS has issued new guidance in its Policy Manual, which updates the eligibility criteria for TN professionals under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, also known as the “USMCA.” This guidance outlines...more

Employers Must Update I-9 Forms of Employees with Work Authorization Documents Based on Haitian TPS

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/26/2025

On Feb. 20, 2025, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation will terminate on Aug. 3, 2025. Work authorization documents based on Haitian TPS are now auto-extended only to...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Trump

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2024

Now that we know Donald Trump will return to the White House as President, it’s time for employers to take a look at what they might expect during his second term in office. We have gathered insights from some of our firm’s...more

October FAQs and Reminders for H-1B Employers

Quarles & Brady LLP on 10/6/2022

Generally, new H-1B petitions selected and approved in each year’s H-1B Cap Lottery are effective starting October 1st. Accordingly, prudent employers should take precautions each year to ensure that they can best support...more

Employment-Based Preference Visa: Transfer Underlying Basis for Pending Green Card Application

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/25/2022

For the first time, USCIS has advised people with a pending green card application of its documentary requirements for transfers between employment-based classifications and issued an alert regarding the process...more

Breaking Down the New DOL and DHS H-1B Rules

Littler on 11/24/2020

While the U.S. presidential election has come to an end, we continue to monitor changes in the Trump administration’s handling of ongoing agency immigration reforms through the end of 2020 and into early 2021 that may impact...more

Call To Action: Temporary Ban On Entry Of Nonimmigrant Visa Workers May Be Coming

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/15/2020

The Trump Administration is reportedly contemplating a proclamation that will significantly affect a number of temporary work permit programs. Although we cannot predict with certainty what these restrictions will be or their...more

USCIS Announces Suspension of Premium Processing for H-1B Cap Cases To Be Filed Beginning April 1

Cozen O'Connor on 3/19/2020

USCIS announced on March 17, 2020, the temporary suspension of premium processing service for fiscal year (FY) 2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions. Once USCIS begins accepting cap-subject petitions on April 1, we will not be able...more

Immigration Policy Changes Leave Employers Wishing USCIS Took a Summer Vacation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/21/2018

There were no lazy days of summer to be had in 2018—at least not when it came to the introduction of new immigration policies by the Trump administration. The momentum with which it announced and implemented new policies over...more

USCIS Developments on the Discretion Afforded Adjudicators, and H-1B Premium Processing

Littler on 9/18/2018

In recent weeks, several notable policy changes have taken place concerning the adjudication of immigration petitions by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)....more

Continued Enforcement by USCIS: Recent Memos on Immediate Denials and Possible Deportation for Beneficiaries of Employment-Based...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/21/2018

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued two policy memoranda that will affect all immigration petitions filed with the agency. While implementation of the policies is still unclear,...more

The Changing Tides of the H-1B Visa Adjudication

Foley Hoag LLP on 7/11/2018

Employers are experiencing changes in the H-1B adjudicative process resulting in challenges in planning supplement professional work force hiring. The specified purpose of the "Hire American" section in President Trump’s...more

A U.S. Employer’s Guide to Basic UK Employment and Immigration Laws

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/28/2015

UK employment law is constantly developing and it has been challenging for employers to keep up with the changes in recent years. All employers in the UK, no matter how big or small, are required to comply with these laws or...more

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