Pursuant to the “One Big Beautiful Act” signed into law on July 4, 2025, a new “visa integrity” fee of $250 will apply to every nonimmigrant visa (H-1B, L-1, O-1, F-1, J-1, B-1/B-2, etc.) issued by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), including dependent visas (H-4, L-2, F-2, J-2, etc.). […]
On Friday, July 18, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency had received enough H-1B cap petitions to meet both the H-1B regular cap allotment of 65,000 numbers and the H-1B U.S. advanced degree exemption (“master’s cap”) allotment of 20,000 numbers for the federal government’s fiscal year 2026, which begins […]
Visa Bulletin – August 2025 Significant Forward Movement for EB-5 Unreserved (India/China); Annual Limits May Be Reached Soon
16 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2025. Until August 1, the July 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the cutoff dates for each respective category, the categories that are current […]
Federal Judge Blocks Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
11 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On July 10, 2025, New Hampshire U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante implemented a temporary injunction after certifying a class action lawsuit to include all children who would have been affected by the Trump Administration’s executive order that sought to end birthright citizenship. President Trump’s executive order had declared that children born […]