Join John Quill, Bill Coffman, and Maryanne Kline of Mintz's Immigration Section for a timely discussion on the newly published H-1B registration rule introducing a weighted lottery based on skill and wage level. 

President Trump’s expanded travel ban restricts entry from 39 countries and individuals with Palestinian Authority travel documents. Learn who is affected, key exemptions, and how to prepare before January 1.

USCIS will shorten Employment Authorization Document (EAD) validity to 18 months starting December 5, 2025, impacting refugees, asylees, and adjustment applicants. Learn which categories are affected and how to avoid work authorization gaps.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), “Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions,” proposing to weight H-1B lottery registrations based on the offered salary.

This alert covers the proposed changes and potential impacts of the Department of Homeland Security’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media.”

On March 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an interim final rule (IFR) implementing an Alien Registration requirement. This rule, effective April 11, 2025, is based on President Trump’s January 20, 2025, Executive Order titled, “Protecting the American People Against Invasion.” Section 7 of this Executive Order titled, “Identification of Unregistered Illegal Aliens,” instructs that “unregistered” aliens must comply with a 1952 statute that mandates the registration and fingerprinting of certain unregistered foreign nationals in the United States. This webinar provides guidance on navigating these new requirements.

Read about how the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a notice in the Federal Register terminating the parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) effective April 24, 2025.  

Read about the updated J-1 Skills List, its impact on J-1 visa holders, and the retroactive application of these changes.

Maryanne Kline, Shannon Parker, and John Quill discussed the features of the Online Organizational Accounts and the electronic filing process that is availabe starting February 2024.

The Department of State published an online tool H-1B visa applicants can use to determine if they are eligible for the stateside visa renewal pilot program announced in December 2023, which allows a limited number of H-1B nonimmigrants to renew their visas from within the US.