Link: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor
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U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Certification (OFLC) has announced that it will begin to comply with the recent U.S. District Court rulings…
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DOL will comply court orders and rollback prevailing wage levels to pre-October 8, 2020 wage levels for LCA and PERM filings
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U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Limited Preliminary Injunctions of the DHS Public Charge Rule
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Link: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/immigration-public-charge/index.html
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In a 2-1 ruling on December 2, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the preliminary injunctions that had been issued…
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Federal Court Blocks both the DOL wage hike rule and the DHS H-1B rule
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Link: https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-nixes-new-rules-restricting-h1-b-visas/
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The U.S District Court for the Northern District of California has blocked the further implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s Interim Final…
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USCIS Sets the December 2020 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts For the Visa Bulletin
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Shortly after the publication of the December 2020 visa bulletin by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has announced that…
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USCIS Introduces Updated Naturalization Civics Test
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-announces-a-revised-naturalization-civics-test
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USCIS has announced its formal plans to introduce a revised version of the naturalization civics test. The USCIS had previously announced…
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Department of Homeland Security's Public Charge Rule Has Been Blocked Nationwide
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Link: https://apnews.com/article/us-judge-blocks-immigation-rule-455a43be3393915bc14ec7919bf187d0
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On November 2, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern District of Illinois vacated the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s…
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USCIS Sets the November 2020 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts For the Visa Bulletin
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In the follow-up to the highly anticipated October 2020 Visa Bulletin, the USCIS has decided once again to follow the same…
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DHS Proposes Major Change to the H-1B Quota Selection Process
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a proposal to change the process by which the USCIS selects the H-1B…
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USCIS Increases Premium Processing Fee Starting on Monday, October 19, 2020
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/premium-processing-fee-increase-effective-oct-19-2020
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USCIS has announced that it is increasing the premium processing fee that is utilized for H-1B, and L-1 and various immigrant…
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DHS and DOL introduce separate regulations that will greatly impact H-1B occupation filings and prevailing wage determinations
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Both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor have simultaneously announced regulations that would not only restrict H-1B…
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U.S. Congress Passes Law to Allow the USCIS to Expand Premium Processing Service and Increase Fees
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As part of the U.S. Senate’s continuing resolution bill that funds the U.S. federal government until December 11, 2020, Congress has…
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U.S. District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Implementation of USCIS Fee Rule
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On September 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California imposed a preliminary injunction on the Department…
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USCIS Sets the October 2020 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts from the Visa Bulletin
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For the much eagerly awaited October 2020 Visa Bulletin just published by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has decided to continue to follow…
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USCIS Re-instates Public Charge Rule to various petitions and applications
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In light of the recent stay of the July 29, 2020 nationwide injunction on the public charge rule by the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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US consular posts to resume K fiancé(e) visa processing wherever local conditions allow
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Link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/important-notice-for-k-visa-applicants-affected-by-covid-19.html
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U.S. Department of State has announced that its U.S. consular posts will begin to process K-1 fiancé(e) visa applications as local conditions permit. Applicants should check the website…
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U.S. embassy and consulates resume accepting drop box applications for H and L visa renewals who qualify under national interest exception to Presidential Proclamations
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Link: https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/
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The U.S. embassy in India has announced that the consular sections in its embassy and all the U.S. consulates in India are able to…
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USCIS Conducts Second Round of H-1B Lottery to Select Additional Fiscal Year 2021 Quota Cases
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Starting on August 14, 2020, employers and legal representatives have begun to receive e-mail notifications from the USCIS regarding the second round of H-1B lottery selection for the…
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USCIS Avoids Furlough of Its Workforce But will have to slow down its processing times as a result
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-averts-furlough-of-nearly-70-of-workforce
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USCIS has announced that it will be able to avoid furloughing more than 130,000 of its employees, which is almost 70% of its…
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USCIS Sets the September 2020 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts from the Visa Bulletin
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For the September 2020 Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has decided to continue to follow the previous…
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AILA Challenges the Trump Administration’s Visa Ban Proclamation in Court
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On April 22, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order to suspend the entry of foreign nationals for a period of 60 days, citing the need to protect…
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