Trump Administration, Immigration Procedures, Comment Period

Workplace Immigration Update: March 10 Edition

Fisher Phillips on 3/10/2025

The initial months of President Donald Trump’s second term have seen the administration enact several significant new immigration policies that have immediate implications for employers across the United States. Understanding...more

Judge Strikes Down Rules Restricting Visas for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 12/4/2020

A federal judge in California struck down two Trump administration rules that substantially altered the H-1B visa program for temporary professional workers and increased wage obligations for businesses employing certain...more

H-1B and Employment Immigration Processes Under Attack

Dentons on 10/13/2020

In its continuing effort to limit legal immigration, the Trump Administration announced two rule changes last week to radically limit H-1Bs and the most common employment-based permanent residence process. The first rule...more

Proposed Fee Increase for Certain Visas Will Impact Immigration in 2020

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 12/30/2019

On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for...more

Season's Greetings! H-1B Season That Is

Dentons on 12/12/2018

It’s the time of year when we stop to ponder some of life’s many mysteries. If you are an immigration lawyer or an employer who can’t find enough professional workers, one of those mysteries is why the federal government...more

DHS Proposes New H-1B Prefiling Registration System and Changes to H-1B Lottery

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/11/2018

• Prior to submitting petitions for H-1B visas, employers first will be required to register electronically with USCIS during a designated registration period. • DHS proposes to use a computer-generated process to select a...more