Today, March 25th, 2026, the US Department of State announced it is expanding vetting and screening for an additional 14 visa types. This expansion of social media vetting will have a huge impact on processing times across consulates for all these visa types, including H1B, F1, and others, who are already part of this program. …
The upcoming H1B Visa 2027 season is going to be one of the most consequential H1B seasons ever, due to some of the biggest changes to the H1B program introduced by the Trump Administration over the last 12 months. The key changes for the upcoming H1B season, such as a weighted wage-based lottery instead of …
Since the Trump Administration took office, it has introduced numerous changes to the H1B visa program, and many of those changes introduced in the last few months will have a significant impact on the upcoming H1B season that is set to start in March 2026. Last Friday, on January 30th, 2026, USCIS issued an official …
The Trump Administration continues to publish more and more stringent regulations to reduce the abuse of the H1B program. Initially, they started with the $100K fee for new H1B holders outside of US. Also, the proclamation tied to the $100K fee also had instructions to change the H1B lottery selection process to prioritize higher wage …
As most of you know, on December 3rd, 2025, the US Department of State released a press note announcing the expansion of screening and vetting for H1B and H4 visa applicants seeking stamping. To implement the same, the US Department of State also rescheduled many H1B and H4 Visa interviews that were between Dec 15th …
As most of you know, last week the Trump administration introduced new screening and vetting rules for all H1B and H4 Visa applicants who will attend their H1B visa or H4 visa stamping at a US Consulate abroad starting from December 15th, 2025. As part of that change, the US Consulates have started to cancel …
As most of you know, since the Trump Administration took office for the second time, there has been an increased number of immigration policies that are aimed at US national security and border control. Since the shooting at Washington D.C. by an Afghan national, more policies are pushed towards tighter border control and more vetting. …
DHS published an interim final rule in the federal register today, October 30th, 2025, that ends the 540-day Automatic Employment Authorization Document(EAD) extension for many visa types, including H4, L2, Adjustment of Status (AOS), and other applicants. In this article, we will look at the background, how the end of automatic EAD extensions would work, …
As most of you know, President Trump signed a Proclamation on Friday, September 19, 2025, that adds a $100,000 fee for H1B applicants who are outside the US and planning to enter America. Despite the guidance from USCIS and CBP on the $100K fee for H1B applicants, some areas remained ambiguous due to a lack …
President Trump signed a Proclamation(similar to an Executive Order) on September 19th, 2025, that adds a $100,000 fee for H1B visa applicants planning to enter the US from abroad. There was a lot of chaos due to the lack of proper guidance from USCIS or the Department of State. Eventually, there was some guidance given …