Immigration

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for November 2025. Until November 1, the October 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect.   The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the priority dates that are current in each respective category, the categories […]

On September 25, 2025, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) began issuing Notices of Regional Center Termination (“the Notices”) to EB-5 investors who invested with regional centers that failed to comply with the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA) requirements to retain regional center eligibility. The RIA included […]

A coalition of universities, labor unions, health care providers and religious organizations has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions.  On Friday, September 19, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation requiring employers to pay a $100,000 fee for certain new […]

If Congress is unable to reach an agreement on the federal government budget by September 30, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST, the U.S. federal government is expected to “shut down” on October 1, 2025, 12:01 am EST. Various government departments and agencies are involved in handling U.S. immigration matters, and […]