United States: Work Visas

President Trump's Executive Order 14431 introduces new scrutiny for H-1B visa processing, requiring federal agencies to coordinate reviews and consider employer layoff history when evaluating petitions. The order signals a potential shift in enforcement priorities that could significantly impact companies sponsoring foreign workers, particularly those that have recently conducted or are planning workforce reductions.

The Trump administration’s August 2026 executive actions nevertheless seek to restrict federal recognition of citizenship in specified circumstances and to intensify enforcement against travel to the United States...

E-1 vizesi, ABD ile anlaşmalı ülkeler arasında önemli ticaret yapan şirketler ve girişimciler için göçmen olmayan bir vize kategorisidir. Bu kapsamlı rehber, E-1 vizesinin temel şartlarını, sahiplik analizini, ticaret gereksinimlerini ve başvuru sürecinde hazırlanması gereken belgeleri detaylı olarak açıklamaktadır.

The Trump administration announced two additional significant actions affecting the H-1B program late last week, increasing scrutiny of employers that have conducted or are planning layoffs and extending the $100,000 payment requirement for certain H-1B petitions.

Las nuevas reglas del DHS modifican significativamente la ciudadanía por nacimiento para hijos de empleados de gobiernos extranjeros en Estados Unidos. ¿Cómo afectan estas disposiciones...

The U.S. government has extended a controversial H-1B visa restriction requiring a $100,000 entry fee through September 2027, while simultaneously proposing an additional $103,265 filing fee for new H-1B cap-subject petitions. These developments, alongside major changes to public charge determinations, credit checks for green card sponsors, and proposed PERM labor certification modernization, represent significant shifts in U.S. immigration policy that will substantially impact employers and foreign workers

Recent Student Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) communications have not formally changed the Curricular Practical Training (CPT) regulation, but they are prompting universities to reexamine how they authorize curricular practical training for F-1 students.

A federal court’s injunction over the DHS fixed-period admission rule nationwide means the existing duration-of-status (D/S) framework for F-1 international students and J-1 exchange visitors will remain in place while litigation continues.

A federal court in Massachusetts has postponed the Department of Homeland Security rule that would have ended 'duration of status' admissions for F, J, and I nonimmigrants, originally scheduled to take effect September 15, 2026. This preliminary injunction affects students, exchange visitors, foreign media representatives, and their sponsoring institutions, though the postponement is not a final invalidation of the rule and litigation continues.