Disclaimer: Any foreign national considering international travel should have an attorney review the particular circumstances of their case. UPDATE 09/24/2025Since President Trump released his proclamation on Friday, September 19, 2025, imposing a $100,000 fee on...
On September 6, 2025, the Department of State announced a policy that applicants must apply for nonimmigrant visas in their home countries. This policy reverses years of flexibility in interview location choice: the prior policy allows applicants to interview anywhere...
On July 25, 2025, the Department of State (DOS) announced an updated visa interview waiver policy, which will take effect on September 2, 2025. Previously, visa interviews could be waived for applicants who previously held most types of visas in the same category that...
On February 18, 2025, the Department of State (DOS) announced an updated visa interview waiver policy, which took effect sometime in the last week. Previously, visa interviews were waived for nonimmigrant visa applicants applying for any nonimmigrant visa...
International students who graduate from U.S. universities are able to remain here and receive training through work experience for up to twelve months. This is known as Optional Practical Training (OPT). Students who graduate from a designated science, technology,...
Updated March 28, 2024On January 30, 2024, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had published a final rule to adopt a new filing fee schedule. This is the first new fee schedule issued by USCIS since 2016. In its Frequently Asked...
On December 21, 2023, the Department of State (DOS) announced an updated visa interview waiver policy, which took effect on January 1, 2024. The policy both expands and limits the policy that was in place for 2023 and is in place until further notice. ...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 13, 2023 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory H-1B visa “cap” for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The USCIS announcement states:USCIS has received a...
On Monday, October 23, 2023, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, or NPRM) in the Federal Register that would bring significant changes to H-1B visa processes, including changes to the H-1B cap...
