President Trump issued a proclamation on Friday imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. According to the White House, the fee does not apply to existing H-1B visa holders or those already selected in the 2025...
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RFEs reported for EB-1A (Extraordinary Ability), EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers), and EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petitions.
While our office has not experienced these issues, unfortunately AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) reports a pattern of RFEs and denials across EB-1A, EB-1B, and EB-2 NIW petitions that appear to deviate from established legal standards and USCIS policy...
FY2023 H-1B CAP APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REACHED
USCIS has apparently received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the statutory 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption for fiscal year (FY) 2023. We anticipate an agency announcement shortly. Over the past...
Biden Revokes Trump’s Pause on Green Cards
President Biden revoked former president Trump’s immigrant visa ban, rejecting the previous administration’s proclamation that the entry of immigrants presents a risk to the U.S. economy during the pandemic. However, he did not take action to revoke the entry ban on...
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Recent immigration law news clips.