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Poyner Spruill LLP

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

Holland & Hart LLP

Federal Court Reverses Trump Administration's H-1B Wage Hike

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As a positive development for H-1B employers, on December 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a final ruling in Chamber of Commerce, et al., v. DHS, et al. set aside the Interim...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Order Halts DOL and DHS Interim Final Rules

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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

Baker Donelson

New Regulations to Explode Required Wages and Choke H-1B Visas

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New rules published by the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (specifically, USCIS) are intended to severely restrict the use of the H-1B and related H-1B1 and E-3 visa classifications for...more

Morgan Lewis

US DOL Rule Changes How Prevailing Wages Are Determined for Immigration Purposes

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Effective October 8, 2020, the US Department of Labor will determine the prevailing wage for permanent labor certifications and labor condition applications based on a new formula for computing prevailing wage levels,...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Trump Administration Advances Rules Restricting Visas for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

The Trump Administration has announced that it will publish two Interim Final Rules on Thursday, October 8, 2020 that will substantially alter the H-1B visa program for temporary professionals working in a specialty...more

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