H1B 2026 Season Starts on March 7, 2025. $215 Fee. USCIS News Summary

H1B Visa 2026 Season Starts on March 7th News from USCIS

USCIS made an official announcement yesterday confirming the dates for the H1B Visa Fiscal Year(FY) 2026 season, how the lottery process would work, the new fee implementation, and other changes to the organizational accounts, and other details. This article will summarize the USCIS press release and relevant information for the H1B Fiscal Year(FY) 2026 season …

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End Birthright Citizenship Trump EO: H1B, F1, L1, Others Impact – Blocked by Judge

Ending Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Trump Impact H1B F1 L1 Others

The day President Trump took office, he signed 26 Executive Orders(EO) and revoked 76 Biden executive actions. While there were quite a few executive orders focused on various aspects of immigration, one that impacts all of the non-immigrant visa holders, such as H1B, H4, L1, F1, and other visa holders, is the ending of birthright …

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H1B New Rules for 2025: H1B Modernization Final Rule Published

New H1B Rules for 2025 - H1B Modernization Regulation Summary

In October 2023, the US Department of Homeland Security(DHS) published a proposed rule in the federal register to modernize the H1B visa program with many changes. DHS published the final rule of the same proposed rule with changes in the federal register after reviewing comments submitted by the public on December 18th, 2024. This article …

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USCIS Final Rule: EAD Auto Extensions now 540 Days for H4 EAD, Others

EAD Automatic Extension 540 Days Final Rule by USCIS

Since the Biden administration took office, they have been doing some policy changes, some regulatory changes, and some changes to their internal processes to reduce the overall processing time and backlogs. As part of that, they first announced in March 2022 their plan to increase the automatic extension period for Employment Authorization Document(EAD) from 180 …

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H1B Visa FY 2025 Cap Reached, No Third Round Lottery

H1B Visa 2025 Cap Reached - No Third Round Lottery News

Many of you who submitted an H1B Registration during the H1B Visa Fiscal Year(FY) 2025 and were not picked in the first two rounds of the H1B lottery were hoping for a third-round lottery. Well, there is no hope now, as USCIS announced yesterday that they reached the H1B Cap for the FY 2025 season …

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