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Over the past year the immigration landscape has been shaped by a myriad of factors including mass tech layoffs, the easing of COVID related travel restrictions, and changing employer attitudes regarding remote work. As we...more
The Department of Homeland Security has published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM or the Rule) entitled “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other...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
The H-1B visa allows employers to hire foreign professionals in certain specialty occupations to work in the United States temporarily. Typically, these workers are highly technically skilled persons with at least a...more
As part of the Biden Administration’s initiative to retain high-skilled foreign nationals in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it is adding eight new fields as qualifying fields of study...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may require employers to file amended H-1B visa petitions when relocating employees to new locations and did not fail to follow or otherwise circumvent rulemaking requirements...more
On October 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security directed ICE, CBP, and USCIS to take actions to promote a fair labor market by supporting more effective enforcement of wage protections, workplace...more
The U.S. Citizenship Act, an immigration reform bill supported by President Joe Biden, was unveiled on Feb. 17 by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif. The bill is a key element of the president's...more
Last year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rolled out for the first time a new electronic registration tool for H-1B cap cases as part of its implementation of regulations issued in January 2019. The 2019...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions subject to the annual quota for fiscal year (FY) 2022 on or shortly after April 1, 2021. USCIS has confirmed it will use the same...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
On January 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its proposed rule that sought to eliminate the H-4 employment authorization document (EAD) program for eligible spouses of H-1B workers. The...more
In filing an H-1B petition, employers must select one of four wage levels for the applicable occupational title in preparing the required Labor Condition Application. (There is an exception when a private wage survey is...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
The Department of Homeland Security recently proposed changes to the H-1B Cap system that would significantly impact the existing process. The proposed rule, entitled “Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners...more
Key Points - DHS and DOL Interim Final Rules on H-1B visas and prevailing wage levels have been struck down by the Court. - Definition of “specialty occupation” and rules for third-party placement of H-1B employees...more
In a major blow to the Trump administration, a federal court recently struck down two immigration rules that would limit the ability of skilled foreign workers to obtain H-1B visas. In a December 1 ruling, the U.S. District...more
During the past four years, the Trump administration has sought to substantially reduce the availability of the H-1B visa program, a visa used by U.S. employers to sponsor temporary workers in a variety of high skilled,...more
On December 1, 2020, a U.S. Federal District Court in California set aside the two Interim Final Rules announced in October by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). ...more
In a much-anticipated decision, on December 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of business and university plaintiffs (led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce), setting aside...more
In October, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued two interim final rules that would negatively, and significantly, impact how H-1B nonimmigrant “specialty occupation” visa...more
On October 8, 2020, the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security issued interim final rules changing the regulations governing the H-1B visa program. These rules sought to restrict access to H-1B visas by redefining the...more
On November 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule that, if implemented, would amend the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed abandoning its long-standing practice of allocating H-1B visas for highly skilled workers through a random lottery in favor of a system that would give preference to...more
- DHS and DOL publish Interim Final Rules on H-1B visas and prevailing wage levels. - DHS tightens “specialty occupation” definition and restricts third-party placement of H-1B employees. - DOL significantly raises...more