Insights

Last week, the Trump administration finalized and published a new rule which essentially dismantles the existing H-1B visa lottery, and replaces it with a new system which will allocate H-1B visas to the highest bidder. The...

A federal district court in California has set aside two new interim final rules recently promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), both of which were aimed at making it more...

As the holiday season approaches, KM&M would like to remind all foreign nationals that international travel will be particularly challenging this year as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, embassy closures, and...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday that it would significantly raise the filing fee for expedited processing of eligible applications beginning on Monday, October 19, 2020. The premium...

Each year, the U.S. government makes available 55,000 permanent resident (“green card”) visas to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S. (see below) who have at least a high school...

On October 7th the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) will publish two new rules with the intent to limit eligibility for H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 workers, as well as for employment-based...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) proposed fee increase, which was scheduled to go into effect on Friday, October 2, 2020, has been temporarily suspended. The fee increase would have dramatically...

This week the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that employees who have not received their employment authorization cards (EAD), but who did receive their employment authorization approval...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced filing fee increases for most applications effective October 2, 2020. Certain application fees, as noted below, will increase dramatically. The changes include:...

Late today, the Trump administration rescinded its policy requiring F-1 and M-1 international students to take at least some of their classes in person during the Fall 2020 semester – or leave the country. The policy...