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HOUSTON – Nov. 5, 2020 – Foster LLP, a leading immigration law firm, has been recognized as a metropolitan Tier 1 firm in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” survey by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. Foster received the metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in immigration law for both its Houston […]

On November 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would prioritize allocation of H-1B visas under the next Fiscal Year H-1B Quota based on the wage level of the offered position. The stated goal of the regulation is to fulfill President Trump’s order for DHS to take action to […]

Click here to view November 2020 Visa Bulletin.  On Thursday, October 29, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for November 2020.  After many years of publishing the Monthly Visa Bulletin generally no later than the second week of the month, for the past several months […]

On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register a new, interim final rule with an immediate effective date, which imposed drastically higher wage requirements for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 workers and “green card” applicants whose applications are based on labor certification.    The […]