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The Department of Homeland Security recently published a Final Rule in the Federal Register establishing a filing fee increase that will go into effect on April 1, 2024. The new fee schedule significantly increases several...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule on the upcoming H-1B cap registration, creating a beneficiary-centric selection process, starting this FY 2025 H-1B cap registration...more
On October 23, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its long-anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking on modernizing the H-1B program. The purpose is to amend regulations governing H–1B specialty occupation...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
On September 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a lengthy Final Rule concerning the implementation of the public charge ground of inadmissibility after several years of federal court litigation....more
On May 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) automatically extending the work authorizations for certain renewal applicants listed on the USCIS website. Normally, the DHS...more
The H-2B program is available to employers that can demonstrate a temporary need to supplement their staffs based on a one-time, seasonal, intermittent, or peak-load need basis. The program is generally used by employers with...more
The Biden Administration announced that it would delay implementing a new rule promulgated in the waning days of the Trump Administration that would change the long-standing practice of allocating H-1B visas for highly...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will delay the effective date of a rule issued two weeks prior to the end of the Trump administration that seeks to change how H-1B “specialty occupation” visa applications are...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its controversial regulation to end the H-1B visa lottery as a “final rule”, leaving it to the Biden administration or a lawsuit to stop a significant change in U.S....more
On January 8, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a final rule that would dramatically change how H-1B cap petitions are selected in the annual “lottery.” Under this final rule, the current random...more
The Trump Administration announced on January 12, 2021 that it has promulgated a new, final rule that will significantly increase the wages that must be paid to holders of H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, though the...more
On January 8th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule which will modify the H-1B lottery system. The final rule will prioritize H-1B petitions that offer Level IV wages based on the Department of...more
On August 3, 2020, USCIS published a final rule that will significantly change forms and increase fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests effective October 2, 2020. Any application, petition, or...more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration continues to install stringent measures that will impact employers hiring foreign national temporary workers. Fee Increases - On July 31, the Department...more
On August 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the final version of its public charge rule in the Federal Register. According to a statement by DHS, the rule is intended to formalize the way in which...more
• DHS has announced that it has finalized the previously proposed rule on what immigrants are considered a “public charge.” The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 14th, 2019. • The rule is effective...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published final regulations that change some of the key features of the EB-5 Program, which makes approximately 10,000 green cards available each year for qualifying investors and...more
Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the start of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 cap season, the start dates for premium processing of cap-subject H-1B petitions, and the launch of USCIS’s new...more
On January 30, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule amending the way the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducts the annual H-1B cap lottery. This rule reverses the order...more
• DHS has announced that it has finalized the previously proposed rule governing the H-1B lottery. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2019. • DHS will reverse the order of the H-1B lottery...more
In early January, the Burr & Forman, LLP immigration team outlined a major change to the H-1B visa lottery system proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) (DHS Proposes Major Lottery Changes Ahead of H-1B...more
The federal government just published its final rule amending the regulations that will govern petitions filed under the H-1B work visa lottery. Although the final rule is effective April 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 31, 2019 DHS published the final rule for the electronic pre-registration of H-1B cap petitions and changed the order of selection of filings. ...more
On January 30, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule amending regulations governing H-1B cap-subject petitions. The final rule reverses the order by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more