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Efforts Continue to Legalize Work, Other Pathways for Undocumented Students, Asylum Seekers

USA - December 5 2023 Undocumented students are waiting for University of California (UC) leadership to issue a plan that would remove hiring restrictions for all UC…

H-2B Visa Update: Additional Temporary Nonagricultural Visas Granted for FY 2024

USA - November 27 2023 Congress has approved an additional 64,716 H-2B visas for fiscal year 2024, supplementing the 66,000 available annually. As in prior years…

TSA Offers Tips for Smoother Air Travel During Holiday Season

USA - November 14 2023 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is gearing up for what it expects will be its busiest holiday travel season ever while a potential…

What Executive Order on AI Means for Immigration

USA - November 9 2023 On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order regarding the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial…

USCIS Clarifies L-1 Intracompany Transfer Petitions and Sole Proprietorships, Blanket L Petitions

USA - October 31 2023 USCIS has issued new policy guidance on L-1 intracompany transfer petitions addressing sole proprietorships and Blanket L petitions…

New USCIS Policy Guidance on Two-Year Home Residence Requirement for J Nonimmigrant Classification

USA - October 26 2023 USCIS has issued new policy guidance explaining how it determines whether a beneficiary has met the two-year home residence requirement applicable to…

Department of State Takes Steps to Implement Stateside Visa Processing

USA - October 25 2023 On October 17, 2023, the Department of State (DOS) took the first steps to implement stateside processing of nonimmigrant visas. The DOS notified the…

Implications of Priority Date Retrogression for R-1 Religious Worker Visas

USA - October 24 2023 A change in calculating the availability of immigrant numbers means some foreign national ministers who are in the United States on temporary R-1…

Higher Enforcement Activity Expected After DOL-EEOC Partnership Agreement

USA - October 24 2023 The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have announced they will be collaborating and sharing…

Proposed Rule to Reform, Modernize H-1B Program

USA - October 23 2023 USCIS has published a proposed rule that, once implemented, would significantly reform and modernize the H-1B Program. The Modernizing H-1B…