On March 31, 2025, the American Immigration Council (AIC) and several partner organizations announced they are filing a lawsuit suing the Trump Administration over their requirement that immigrants register with the federal government! The AIC’s press release, American Immigration Council Suing Trump Administration Over Unprecedented Requirement That Immigrants Register with…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Monday, March 31st, that it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap, including the master’s cap. They stated that selections were made randomly from among those applicants that correctly registered.…
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click the link to view the April 2025 Visa Bulletin UPDATE: When to File Your Adjustment of Status Application for Family-Sponsored or Employment-Based Preference Visas: April 2025 The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the…
List of some of the Top News Stories related to President Trump’s Deportations: USA Today (usatoday.com), 3/23/25: Immigrant women describe ‘hell on earth’ in ICE detention ————————— Newsweek (newsweek.com), 3/24/25: Who Are the Three Judges on Appeals Panel in Trump Deportation Case? ————————— AXIOS (axios.com), 3/23/25: Overcrowding plagues detention…
On March 22, 2025, President Trump published a Presidential Memoranda (PM) on the White House website entitled, “ Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court“! This PM instructs the Attorney General, Pamela Bondi and the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem to prioritize enforcement of their respective…
USCIS has an online Electronic Reading Room with access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requested documents. The Reading Room is really a Web-based searchable database of public requested FOIA documents; mixed with USCIS documents that the government decided may have a larger public demand. You can use pull-downs to…
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap will start Friday, March 7, 2025, and run through March 24, 2025. USCIS stated, “During this period, prospective petitioners and representatives must use a USCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the…
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List of some of the Top News Stories related to President Trump’s Deportations: AP News (apnews.com), 3/18/25: Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights ————————— Politico News (politico.com), 3/18/25: Trump proposes offering $5 million “gold card” to wealthy immigrants. Here’s how it would work. ————————— AP…