On October 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its website to provide further guidance regarding the $100,000 payment required as a condition of eligibility for certain H-1B petitions, which was first announced in the Presidential Proclamation issued on September 19, 2025. Which H-1B Petitions are Subject to the $100,000 Payment? The recent USCIS guidance has clarified that the […]
Pursuant to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has introduced a new mandatory $1,000 parole application fee for certain noncitizens seeking parole into the United States who do not meet an exception. The fee is effective as of October 16, 2025, even if […]
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 […]
