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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

USCIS Proposed Rule to Modernize H-1B Program — Should Employers Be Happy or Worried?

Lippes Mathias LLP on 2/13/2024

USCIS released a proposed rule that aims to update and modernize the H-1B program by publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend current regulations. The proposed rule covers a wide range of issues related to...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Highlights from USCIS’ Proposed Rule to “Modernize” H-1B Requirements

Harris Beach PLLC on 11/13/2023

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting...more

Executive Order: A Real Shift in Immigration and AI, or Just AI Creation?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/10/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order that sets a new course for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Interestingly, this order is...more

DHS Proposes to Amend H-1B Program

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 10/26/2023

On October 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its H-1B regulations. The proposal also includes provisions that would change the H-1B cap...more

DHS Proposes Rule to Modernize H-1B Program

Quarles & Brady LLP on 10/26/2023

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

Immigration Officials Unveil Sweeping Proposed Changes to H-1B Visa Process: What Employers Need to Do to Prepare

Fisher Phillips on 10/25/2023

Federal immigration authorities have just published long-awaited revisions to the H-1B visa process intended to modernize that nonimmigrant category and tighten the annual lottery system that has long frustrated employers and...more

Early Summer Immigration Updates

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 6/27/2023

Now that summer has begun, the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and ICE have all issued several significant updates, relating to the expansion of premium processing...more

I-9 Compliance Flexibility to End on July 31, 2023; Employers Have Until August 30, 2023, to Physically Inspect I-9 Documents

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/15/2023

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that the temporary COVID-19 accommodations for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, will expire on July 31, 2023. Employers that have been relying on the...more

USCIS Proposes Historic Fee Increase for Immigration Applicants

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/1/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed historic increases to its fee schedule for immigration benefit applications. Under the proposed fee rule, the filing fee for common employment-based applications...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/17/2023

POTUS Signs Bill Ending COVID-19 Emergency. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a congressional resolution officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency. The resolution was passed out of the U.S. House of...more

USCIS Proposes Rule to Increase Certain Immigration Fees

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/20/2023

Earlier this month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, proposing to increase the filing fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests, with...more

USCIS Proposes Significant Fee Increases for U.S. Employer Filings

Stinson LLP on 1/13/2023

On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule seeking 60-day comment on proposed changes to the fee schedule for benefit requests before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

Plan Now for H-1B CAP Registration

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 1/13/2023

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap in March 2023. Employers should start planning for cap registration now by...more

USCIS Issues Proposed Rule to Adjust Certain Immigration and Naturalization Fees

Cozen O'Connor on 1/9/2023

OVERVIEW- •On January 3, 2023, USCIS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust certain benefit request fees that haven’t changed since 2016. •Fee changes could dramatically increase both L-1 and H-1B...more

USCIS Proposes Fee Increases

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/5/2023

Hoping to recover some of its operating costs, reduce backlogs, and reestablish timely case processing, USCIS is proposing to adjust its fees for the first time since 2016. The proposed rule is predicted to generate close...more

Immigration Alert: USCIS Says Continue To Use Current Form I-9 Past Expiration - Update

Snell & Wilmer on 10/19/2022

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that employers should continue to use the current Form I-9 for employment eligibility verification, even after the expiration date has passed. The current...more

Beltway Buzz - August 2022 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/29/2022

DACA Regulations Finalized. On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a final rule to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...more

OFCCP Week In Review: July 2022 #3

DirectEmployers Association on 7/18/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 2/10/2021

The first two weeks of the Biden Administration have seen a flurry of activity indicating it will move away from the more restrictive immigration environment of the Trump era, including for employment-based immigration...more

New DHS Proposed Regulations will Revise the H-1B Cap Lottery

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 11/6/2020

On Monday, November 2, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule intended to change the H-1B lottery process and further restrict H-1B eligibility. The rule would replace the random lottery selection...more

H-1B and Employment Immigration Processes Under Attack

Dentons on 10/13/2020

In its continuing effort to limit legal immigration, the Trump Administration announced two rule changes last week to radically limit H-1Bs and the most common employment-based permanent residence process. The first rule...more

Proposed Fee Increase for Certain Visas Will Impact Immigration in 2020

Harris Beach PLLC on 12/30/2019

On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for...more

Seyfarth Shaw Policy Matters Newsletter - November 2019 #3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/27/2019

Once. Twice. Three Times for JE. This week, the Administration released its Fall 2019 Regulatory Agenda, which identifies the work expected to be done by the regulatory agencies during the next year. Key among the labor...more

Beltway Buzz - September 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/9/2019

Scalia Officially Nominated. Although the Buzz mentioned the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be secretary of labor seven weeks ago, the management-side attorney wasn’t officially nominated until August 27, 2019. Will this...more

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