Beginning December 8, 2025, U.S. consulates worldwide have begun rescheduling H-1B and H-4 visa appointments originally scheduled for December 15, 2025, and later.
Categories: H-1B Visa , H-4 Visa , Immigration Law , Travel Delays , U.S. Consulate , Visa Appointment
Beginning December 8, 2025, U.S. consulates worldwide have begun rescheduling H-1B and H-4 visa appointments originally scheduled for December 15, 2025, and later.
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Categories: Corporate Immigration , Investor Visa , Pasricha & Patel , Permanent Residency , Trump Gold Card , U.S. Immigration
On December 11, 2025, the Trump administration launched a new immigration pathway through the visa website trumpcard.gov.
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Categories: 2025 Updates , Citizenship and Immigration
On December 4, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced important changes to the validity periods for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs).
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Categories: Asset Protection , Estate Administration , Estate Planning , Financial Planning , Legacy Planning , Trusts & Estates , Wills and Trusts
Estate planning is one of the most responsible steps an individual can take to safeguard their family’s financial future, protect their assets, and maintain control over personal and medical decisions.
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The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has recently announced a significant expansion of its screening and vetting procedures for H-1B applicants and their dependent H-4 family members. This new policy, which centers greatly on applicants’ online presence, is set to take effect on December 15, 2025, and requires immediate attention from all individuals affected.
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is increasing its inspections of workplaces that employ H-1B visa holders.
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Categories: Adjustment of Status , Immigration News , Visa Availability , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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Categories: EAD , Employment Authorization , Immigration Law , Policy Updates , USCIS , Work Authorization
On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an interim final rule that ends the automatic extension of employment authorization documents (EAD) for certain employment authorization categories. Under this new change, all foreign nationals who file to renew their EAD application on or after October 30, 2025, will not receive an automatic extension of their expiring EADs. This does not affect the EADs that were automatically extended prior to October 30, 2025.
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Categories: Adjustment of Status , Family-Based Visas , Immigration Law , Immigration News , Visa Availability , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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Categories: Business , Contracts , Lease , M&A
You are on the verge of closing. The buyer is ready, the purchase agreement is signed, financing is lined up, and everyone is waiting on one last signature before we can call it a close. But your landlord has gone silent. Calls unanswered. Emails ignored. The lease assignment cannot move forward without consent, and suddenly your entire deal hangs by a thread.
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Categories: 2025 Updates , Civics Test , Immigration Law , Naturalization , U.S. Citizenship , USCIS
On September 17, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test. Under the new change, all aliens filling for naturalization on or after October 20, 2025, must take the 2025 test. Those who filed before that date will still be able to take the 2008 naturalization civics test.
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Categories: H-1B , H-1B modernization rule , H-1B Visa , U.S. Citizenship , Visa Bulletin
On Friday, September 19, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a Presidential Proclamation introducing a new $100,000.00 fee for filing new H-1B petitions effective on September 21, 2025. In earlier reports regarding this new fee, it was originally thought that this new had to be paid by all H-1B visa holders seeking to enter or reenter the United States before they can be admitted to the United States. This new fee will expire after one (1) year, but subject to further extension.
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Categories: Adjustment of Status , Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration Law , Immigration News , Pasricha & Patel , Priority Dates , USCIS , Visa Availability , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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Categories: Citizenship , Citizenship and Immigration , U.S. federal laws , U.S. visa restrictions
On July 10, 2025, a federal court in New Hampshire issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of an executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
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Categories: Employment-Based Visa , Family-Based Visa , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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Categories: H-1B Visa , Immigration , Legal Consultation , USCIS
On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandates 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for the fiscal year (FY) 2026.
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Categories: Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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Categories: Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin.
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Categories: data privacy , legal compliance , personal data protection , U.S. federal laws
If your business collects personal data, whether from users, customers, or employees, you should be broadly familiar with the legal landscape around data privacy in the U.S.
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Categories: election security , USCIS , voter eligibility , voting integrity
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is partnering with the Social Security Administration, to update the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), to make sure only eligible people can vote in elections. This initiative is part of a broader effort to ensure that U.S. elections are secure, transparent, and trustworthy.
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