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…
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Immigration News – Top News Stories – President Trump’s Deportations
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…
President Trump’s New Presidential Memoranda Targeting Immigration Lawyers!
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 Electronic Reading Room
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…
Reminder – FY 2026 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period is Open!
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…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – 3/21/25
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Immigration News – Top News Stories – President Trump’s Deportations
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…
2025 USCIS Forms Updates – 3/8 and 3/17
The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update. There are (12) form updates for March 8th and (4) form updates for March 17th! To view these form updates and any…
Full List of Countries That May Face Donald Trump’s Travel Bans and Curbs
It has been reported that President Trump is considering a travel ban or strict curbs on travel from a list of countries they consider having possible security problems! The reported draft list includes as many as 43 countries, but their list could change. The Travel Ban would be divided into…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, March 21, 2025
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…