The final date for existing regional centers to pay the EB-5 integrity is May 31, 2023. Regional centers that do not pay the fee by that date face termination.

The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration released the O*NET 28.0 Database and updated its site on September 5, 2023, making updates to 90 occupation codes.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has designated Qatar for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), to be implemented on December 1, 2024.

The rule would have prioritized H-1B visa selection based on wages.

The Department of State (DOS) has implemented a new visa restriction policy that "targets owners, executives, and senior officials of charter flight...

The EB-5 Integrity Fund fee for fiscal year 2025 is due October 1, 2024.

The Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman reminded employers to use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, with the edition date 08/01/23, starting November 1, 2023.

On December 23, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order in United Farm Workers v. DOL enjoining the Department of Labor (DOL)

On March 12, 2021, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published a final rule delaying until May 14, 2021, the effective date of a rule.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seeks comments on the Arrival/Departure Record (Form I-94) and the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA).

The Department of State issued a final rule on February 22, 2021, to revise the definition of "equivalent of a diplomatic passport" to include non-national passports ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended temporary travel restrictions among the United States, Canada, and Mexico through February 21, 2021

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued guidance that interprets certain confidentiality protections as ending at naturalization.

On September 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of State's (DOS) Bureau of Consular Affairs announced it is developing and testing a digital visa authorization (DVA)...

The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, has temporarily expanded the ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided a fact sheet on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) petition trends in the EB-2 and O-1A categories in fiscal years 2018 to 2023.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided questions and answers following a webinar presented by the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman in August 2022 on international student issues.

On April 13, 2023, the White House announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will issue a proposed rule soon to expand the definition of "lawful presence"...

The guidance was issued in 2019 in response to a presidential proclamation and related national emergency that were revoked and terminated, respectively, in 2021.

Kevin Munoz, White House Assistant Press Secretary, tweeted on December 24, 2021, that temporary travel restrictions the Biden administration imposed in November on foreign travelers from South Africa...