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May 26, 2026
USCIS Reframes Adjustment of Status as "Extraordinary" Relief — Increasing Denial Risk for Many Applicants
On May 21, 2026, USCIS issued Policy Memorandum directing its officers to treat Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) as extraordinary discretionary relief from the regular immigrant visa process (i.e., consular processing), and not as a routine immigration benefit.
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May 18, 2026
Plaintiff Prevail Against USCIS’s Hold of Applications by Applicants from “High-Risk Countries”
This is a new update to our previous Update: Hold and Review of USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Applicants from “High-Risk Countries”.
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April 28, 2026
Reports of CBP Scrutinizing H-1B Employees Returning After Working Abroad
There have been reports regarding U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance in Abu Dhabi scrutinizing H-1B visa holders and even revoking their H-1B visas for working from abroad.
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April 01, 2026
DOL Proposes Significant Increases to Prevailing Wage Levels for H-1B and PERM Programs
On March 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule that will restructure the prevailing wage levels for H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and PERM programs.
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February 03, 2026
H-1B Cap Registration for FY2027 Begins Soon
The window for H-1B cap registration (AKA H-1B lottery) will begin Wednesday, March 4th at 9:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time), and close on Thursday, March 19th at 9:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time).
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January 14, 2026
U.S. Suspending Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Nations
The U.S. State Department is indefinitely suspending immigrant (permanent residency) visa processing from 75 countries in another expansion of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. This temporary suspension does not affect nonimmigrant visa processing (e.g., F, H, L, O, E, B visas).
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January 08, 2026
Update: Hold and Review of USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Applicants from “High-Risk Countries”
This is a follow up to our December 5th, 2025 article USCIS Halts Asylum and Other Benefit Applications from "High-Risk" Countries.
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December 30, 2025
Wage-Based System for H-1B Lottery Finalized
This is a follow up to our October 3rd article regarding changes coming for the H-1B lottery by adopting a wage-based lottery system.
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December 16, 2025
New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification
Effective immediately, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has limited the use of photos to those that were taken within three years of the date a person files a USCIS form.
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