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September 22, 2026
Trump Extends the $100,000 H-1B Fee That Remains Blocked
On September 21, 2026 — the day the original H-1B fee proclamation was set to expire — President Trump signed a new proclamation extending the $100,000 H-1B fee framework through September 21, 2027. In practice, however, the fee remains unenforceable for now.
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September 16, 2026
Federal Court Postpones DHS Rule That Would Have Ended "Duration of Status" for F-1 and J-1 Employees
A federal district court has blocked — for now — a DHS rule that would have eliminated "duration of status" (D/S) for F-1 students and J-1 exchange visitors and replaced it with fixed admission periods.
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September 01, 2026
Immigration News Roundup – September 1, 2026
Trump administration attempts $103,265 fee on cap-subject H-1B petitions, proposes to eliminate the 60-day grace period, plans to eliminate EAD for H-4 Spouses, and pauses immigrant (permanent residency) visa processing.
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August 24, 2026
Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Suspension of Immigrant Visas for 75 Nations
Judge Jeannette Vargas held that the policy was unlawful because its blanket nationality-based restriction violates the INA which prohibits discrimination based on nationality in the issuance of immigrant visas.
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August 10, 2026
Immigration News Roundup – August 10, 2026
This fee applies to employers with 50 or more employees, where at least half the workforce is in H-1B or L-1 status. Employers who exceed both thresholds must pay an additional fee of $4,000 per H-1B petition and $4,500 per L-1 petition.
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August 05, 2026
Increased Detentions at U.S. Airports During Domestic Travel
Foreign nationals with expired nonimmigrant status are increasingly being detained by DHS at U.S. airports during domestic travel, even when they hold a pending application and are otherwise in a period of authorized stay.
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July 27, 2026
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration's $100,000 H-1B Fee
This is a follow up to our June 8, 2026, article regarding the $100,000 H-1B Fee Proclamation.
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July 21, 2026
DHS Publishes Final Rule Ending "Duration of Status" for F-1 Students— What Employers and International Students Need to Know
On July 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule in the Federal Register eliminating "duration of status" (D/S) admission for F-1 academic students, J-1 exchange visitors, and most I nonimmigrants (representatives of foreign information media), replacing it with a fixed period of admission.
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June 08, 2026
Federal Court Blocks USCIS’s Adjudication Hold on Applications by Nationals of 39 Countries
On Friday, June 5th, Judge John McConnell, Jr., of the Federal District Court, held that USCIS’s indefinite hold on adjudication of benefit applications by or for foreign nationals from the 39 “high-risk countries” is unlawful.
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