President Trump has extended the nonimmigrant proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals in the H-1B, H-2B, L-1, and certain J-1 categories, as well as related categories for dependents, to March 31, 2021. The proclamation also immediately extends until that same date the existing…
President Trump has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. This Act funds the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, the State Department and other federal agencies through FY 2021. It also extends several expiring immigration programs…
Summary EB-1 China and EB-1 India Final Action dates will advance by five months to September 1, 2019. EB-2 China will advance by one month to June 1, 2016, and EB-2 India will advance by one week to October 8, 2009.EB-3…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it is extending until January 31, 2021 its relaxed enforcement of the normal requirement to physically inspect the original documents presented by new hires during the I-9 process and thus allow eligible employers…
Congress has passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The law funds the U.S. government (including immigration operations) through FY 2021, and extends four expiring immigration programs. The law also creates a second stimulus check program for U.S. taxpayers, including eligible…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue to implement the Trump Administration’s ban on “non-essential” travel across U.S. land borders and ferry travel with Mexico and Canada through January 21, 2021, according to a set of notifications to be published in the Federal Register. The…
In its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is further extending its 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions to January 31, 2021. The accommodation will continue to be available to stakeholders responding to or filing the following: …
A federal district court in the District of Columbia set aside a fast-track Department of Labor regulation that significantly restructured the prevailing wage system for the H-1B, E-3 and H-1B1 nonimmigrant programs and PERM labor certification. The district court is…
The Department of Homeland Security will continue to preserve Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan given that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet issued an anticipated directive…
The Department of Labor has issued guidance on how the agency will comply with the two federal court orders issued this week, which block implementation of its October 8, 2020 prevailing wage rule. The fast-tracked rule had significantly and immediately increased government prevailing…