The U.S. Department of State has released its visa bulletin for October 2025. In the bulletin, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from individuals with a ...

The State Department is ordering a new layer of scrutiny telling applicants for key visas to make their social media public.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require petitioners seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions to first electronically register with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS ...

On March 27, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began to release the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap lottery results following an announcement that it had received enough registrations during the initial registration period. The release ...

USCIS has now been burdened with additional task of reviewing all immigration cases from 19 countries of concern. The agency has been asked to proceed case-by-case, calling the applicants for interview and reinterview to decide whether they should be given asylum,

Immigration applications from 19 countries subjected to a travel ban by the Trump administration earlier this year have been paused indefinitely because of national security concerns, the US government agency that processes visas and green cards has said.

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Sophie Alcorn, attorney, author and founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley, California, is an award-winning Certified Specialist Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Sophie is passionate ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reminding some visa holders that there are options for staying in the country after getting laid off or fired. "When H-1B or other noncitizen workers are laid off, they may not be aware of their ...

For a $5 million contribution, foreign high-rollers can now also avail of a "Platinum Card," which comes with tax benefits.