Pursuant to President Trump’s January 20 Executive Order declaring that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, the U.S. State Department has issued guidance announcing its new policy on the handling of sex markers on U.S. passports. Under the revised…
According to various consular websites, U.S. consulates have implemented a roll-back of the expanded nonimmigrant visa (NIV) interview waiver (IW) program criteria that has been in place since the COVID pandemic. Without having issued any public announcement, it appears that the State Department…
According to the State Department’s March Visa Bulletin, Final Action cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa or approval of an adjustment of status application will be as follows: EB-1: India will remain at February 1, 2022, and China…
Timeline: Sponsoring employers may submit registrations for the FY 2026 H-1B cap between noon ET on March 7, 2025, and noon ET on March 24, 2025, USCIS has announced. For the second consecutive year, USCIS will use a beneficiary-centric registration selection…
A federal district court in Maryland has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting implementation of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 birthright citizenship Executive Order (EO). In general, the EO seeks to deny citizenship to children born in the United States after February 19, 2025…
The Department of Homeland Security is terminating the 2023 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela, according to an advance copy of a Federal Register notice that will be published on February 5 and take effect 60 days later. Under the notice,…
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has vacated a January 17, 2025 Federal Register notice that had extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela through October 2, 2026. According to a notice scheduled for Federal Register publication on February 3, effective immediately, the 2021 and 2023 Venezuela TPS…
On his first day in office, President Trump signed a number of executive orders pertaining to immigration and national security. Though the executive orders do not impose immediate entry bans, they set forth the administration’s plans for future actions that…
President Donald J. Trump signed an array of immigration-related executive orders (EOs) among dozens of executive actions taken shortly after his inauguration. The most sweeping immigration orders pertain to enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, but other significant orders were aimed…
According to the State Department’s February Visa Bulletin, Final Action cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa or approval of an adjustment of status application will be as follows: EB-1: India will remain at February 1, 2022, and China will…