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Final Rules United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Registration Requirement

BakerHostetler

New USCIS Registration Requirement in Effect as of April 11

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USCIS’ new registration requirement, which went into effect on April 11, principally applies to foreign nationals who enter the United States and are not issued an I-94 record or other acceptable form of registration....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

USCIS New Alien Registration Requirement: Are You on the List?

On March 12, 2025, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services published the Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register, “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration,” that became effective on April 11, 2025....more

Morgan Lewis

Department of Homeland Security Implements New Online Registration Requirements

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Effective April 11, certain foreign nationals residing in the United States will be required to register themselves and undergo fingerprinting through an online US Citizenship and Immigration Services system. This new...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Updates to Registration Requirement for Foreign Nationals

Effective April 11, 2025, an Interim Final Rule promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amends existing regulations to require certain foreign nationals to complete a new online registration form, as well as...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New alien registration requirements take effect

Effective April 11, many non-citizens will be required to submit a registration application and be fingerprinted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. These Alien Registration Requirements follow the issuance on March...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Administration Seeks to Implement Mandatory Alien Registration, Effective April 11, 2025

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On February 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was implementing a registration requirement, requiring certain foreign nationals to register their presence in the United States as part of the...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Online Registration Deadline for Foreign Nationals

On March 12, 2025 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) amending the foreign national registration regulations to provide a new registration requirement....more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

New Regulation on Alien Registration Requirement Takes Effect April 11

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring non-citizens who remain in the U.S. for 30 days or more and were not previously registered to register and be fingerprinted. ...more

Fisher Phillips

DHS Mandates Nationwide Alien Registration Under WWII-Era Law: 5 Things Employers Need to Do

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Federal immigration officials are about to significantly expand foreign national registration enforcement by requiring certain noncitizens to register with the government, provide biometric data, and carry proof of...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

DHS Permanently Increases the Automatic Extension Period for EAD Renewals to Support US Employers

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule to permanently increase the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents for certain applicants. The final...more

Miller Canfield

Employers: Planning for the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap and Registration Process Begins Now - Changes in Effect

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Employers with candidates who require initial H-1B employment authorization should plan to submit a registration for those candidates when the H-1B electronic registration period opens on March 6, 2024. The electronic...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

USCIS Announces FY 2025 H-1B Cap Registration Details and Updates

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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

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

USCIS to Delay Implementation of Wage-Weighted H-1B Quota Selection Rule Until December 31, 2021

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made the decision to delay implementation of the rule introducing wage-weighted priority into the H-1B lottery selection system. USCIS announced that it will delay the...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

USCIS Publishes Final Rule Revising the H-1B Cap Lottery from a Random Lottery to a Wage-Based Selection Process

On Friday, January 8, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the final rule to replace the current U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) H-1B visa petition selection process based on a random...more

Foster Garvey PC

New Rule Amending H-1B Lottery Selection Process Effective April 1, 2019

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On January 30, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule revising the random selection process (commonly referred to as the annual “H-1B Lottery”) by which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DHS Finalizes Changes to H-1B Lottery, but Delays New H-1B Prefiling Registration System Till 2020

• 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

Burr & Forman

DHS Issues Final H-1B Lottery Rule

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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

Fisher Phillips

Government Unveils Details For 2019 H-1B Lottery - A 5-Step Plan To Successfully Navigate This Year’s Lottery

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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

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Changes to the H-1B Program Are Coming

On January 31, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced two major changes to the H-1B program. Under the final rule, which takes effect April 1, 2019, employers seeking to file H-1B petitions will now be required...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Department Of Homeland Security Publishes Final Rule Regarding H-1B Pre-Registration Process

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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

Polsinelli

H-1B Regulatory Changes Scheduled to be Effective April 1, 2019/ Confirmed Delay in Changes to H-1B Cap Pre-Registration Process

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The Department of Homeland Security has announced that the proposed regulations making fundamental changes to the H-1B cap-selection process have been finalized and will be published in the Federal Register on January 31,...more

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