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Department of State Temporarily Suspends Visa Interviews for Foreign Students & Exchange Visitors

On May 27, 2025, the Department of State issued a cable instructing U.S. Embassies and Consulates to pause scheduling new visa appointments for foreign nationals seeking to obtain student and exchange visitor visas (F, M, and...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Navigating Administrative Processing and Heightened Visa Vetting Procedures

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In the past three months, the Trump administration has implemented a series of stringent immigration policies that have significantly impacted visa applicants and their sponsors. These measures include enhanced security...more

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Stricter Immigration Vetting: What You Need to Know

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An executive order by President Trump is set to reshape immigration procedures, increasing security screening, and tightening visa processing. Employers of foreign nationals should prepare for delays in employee travel to the...more

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The Return of Extreme Vetting: Impact on Cases Filed with USCIS and Visa Processing at U.S. Embassies and Consulates

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The slew of executive orders published by the Trump Administration in January included references to: •Vetting and screening to the maximum degree across agencies - •Reestablishing a uniform baseline for screening and...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Trump’s Day 1 Immigration and DEI Executive Orders: What They Mean for Higher Education and International Students

The new administration under President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape U.S. immigration policy. On Day 1, the president signed several executive orders that significantly alter prior policies, and these changes...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

New Executive Orders on Immigration

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump was inaugurated for his second term and in alignment with his “Day One” campaign promises, he signed ten executive orders that support his immigration agenda. These executive orders touch...more

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President Trump’s Immigration-Related Executive Orders: Potential Impact on Employers

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Following his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued a number of immigration-related Executive Orders (EOs) sure to have impact on employers and their business operations. So far, the focus in the media has...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

This Order authorizes increased vetting and screening of those seeking admission to the United States, and those already in the United States.  Agencies are directed to establish a uniform baseline for screening and vetting...more

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President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration and What They Mean for Employers

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This order directs federal agencies to refuse to recognize U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to mothers in the country illegally, or who are present in the United States on non-immigrant visas, if the...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

USCIS to Implement H-1B Registration Process for Upcoming Cap Season

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that an H-1B cap registration system (from which the annual H-1B lottery will be run) will be implemented for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

H-1B Work Permit Filings: Will You Beat the Cap? (Updated)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should identify as soon as possible any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021, given that it is anticipated USCIS will...more

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Significant Changes to H-1B Lottery Process in 2020

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 6, 2019 that employers seeking to file H-1B petitions for the 2021 fiscal year cap will be required to first electronically register and pay a $10 fee....more

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The H-1B Lottery Line Starts Here

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The New Year will bring significant changes to the H-1B lottery selection process and  employers can look forward to a more efficient H-1B cap selection process. USCIS has announced the “Registration Requirement for...more

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Guide For Individuals Traveling Outside Of U.S. During Holiday Season

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Extreme vetting, strict scrutiny, travel warnings, and the latest travel ban have made travel abroad more worrisome than ever this holiday season. Reminders for individuals who will have to apply for new U.S. visas while...more

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Coming Soon: In-Person Interviews for Employment-Based Green Card Applicants

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On August 28, 2017, USCIS announced that it will begin expanding in-person interviews for certain permanent residency applicants, a change being implemented in response to Executive Order 13780, which pushed for more "uniform...more

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Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants May Have Longer Waits

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President Donald Trump has issued an executive order striking the 80-percent/three-week goal for interviewing nonimmigrant visa applicants following submission of applications. Since September 11, 2001, the State...more

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Trump Administration Implements Extreme Vetting Measures For Certain Visa Applicants Requiring Detailed Travel History And Social...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of State has recently issued a new supplemental questionnaire that will enable officers at U.S. Consulates and Embassies to carry out enhanced and burdensome screenings of certain...more

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Ninth Circuit Blocks Travel Ban

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Joining the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and using President Donald Trump’s tweets to support its decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hawaii v. Trump has continued to block the revised travel ban. Unlike the...more

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Trump Begins “Extreme” Visa Vetting, New Questionnaire Requests 15 Years of Information and Social Media Info

As part of a policy implementing “extreme vetting” of visa applicants in order to tighten immigration controls, the Trump administration approved a new questionnaire (Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants)...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

How The Trump Administration Is Seeking To Implement "Extreme Vetting" Of Certain Visa Applicants

On May 4, 2017, the U.S. Department of State issued a notice in the Federal Register evidencing that it intends to carry out President Trump's goal of "extreme vetting." While the administration's challenge to federal...more

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State Department Orders ‘Extreme Vetting’

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State Department Secretary Rex Tillerson has directed all consular chiefs to determine which populations of visa applicants should be subject to additional “extreme” vetting. The March 15 direction is in response to...more

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The Employment Law Authority - March/April 2017

EXECUTIVE ORDERS MARK A RISING, ROILING TIDE OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS - In his first week in office, President Donald Trump launched a series of executive orders (EO) directing large-scale changes on...more

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Breaking Immigration Developments: President Trump’s Second Travel Ban Halted

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In an unprecedented development last week, a Federal District Judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide restraining order halting President Trump’s second travel ban. The successful challenge, brought by the State of Hawaii, once...more

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Maryland Judge Blocks Part of Trump’s Revised Executive Order

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A federal Judge in Maryland issued a ruling to block provisions of President Trump’s March 6th Executive Order. The Executive Order (EO) was a revision from a previously blocked EO, which bans foreign nationals from six...more

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Federal Courts Temporarily Block the Trump Administration's Revised Travel Ban

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Federal judges from Hawaii and Maryland have issued nationwide Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) effectively blocking the implementation of the Trump administration’s revised travel ban, which was...more

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