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H-1B Lottery for FY2026 Opens March 7, 2025

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The H-1B Lottery for FY 2026 opens at 12:00 pm EST on  March 7, 2025. The registration period will run for eighteen (18) calendar days beginning March 7 and closing at 12:00 pm EST on March 24, 2025. The fee for submitting an...more

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H-1B Modernization Rule Finalized

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The Department of Homeland Security has announced a comprehensive update to the H-1B visa program, set to take effect on January 17, 2025. This modernization introduces new flexibilities, strengthens oversight, and provides...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

What Employers Need to Know — Final Rule by the Department of Homeland Security Updating the H-1B Nonimmigrant Worker Visa Program

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a final rule aimed at modernizing the H-1B nonimmigrant worker visa program, with significant and favorable changes set to take effect on January 17, 2025. These...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Lawsuit Settlement Results in USCIS Policy Benefiting  H-4 and L-2 Spouses and Children

Effective January 25, 2023, USCIS resumed concurrent processing of  I-539 applications to extend/change nonimmigrant status  and I-765 applications for employment authorization filed by H-4 and L-2 spouses and minor children...more

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USCIS Settlement Requires Adjudication of H-4, EAD, and L-2 Applications With Principal’s H-1B or L-1 Petition

On January 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached a settlement in Edakunni v. Mayorkas, which restructures U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) adjudication policies for H-4 and L-2...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New USCIS Filing Fees May Become Effective October 2

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is poised to implement new filing fees on October 2, under regulations published in the Federal Register on August 3. However, two lawsuits were filed in federal court about a...more

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