April 15, 2025
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Makes Minor Revisions to Form I-9

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a new version of Form I-9 with minor, nonsubstantive changes. The new I-9 can be used immediately, but prior versions of the I-9 can still be used until they expire, USCIS has announced. The new version of the Form I-9 carries an edition date of 01/20/25 and an expiration date of 05/31/2027. Two...
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April 09, 2025
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Category: Immigration

FY 2026 H-1B Lottery Complete — Selected Employers Can File Petitions

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has completed the FY 2026 H-1B visa lottery for employees who will begin working October 1, 2025. Any employer selected in the lottery may file an H-1B petition (a Form I-129) and accompanying documents for the selected beneficiary by the end of June. USCIS notified all selected petitioner employers via email and their...
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April 01, 2025
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Category: Immigration

New CWC Guide to ICE I-9 Audits and Workplace Raids

In light of the Trump Administration’s focus on immigration enforcement, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its guide to I-9 audits and immigration-related workplace raids. CWC’s guide is intended to help members prepare for and respond to audits and workplace raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 1986 Immigration Reform and...
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March 03, 2025
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Category: Immigration

CWC Publishes Updated “Form I-9” Process Outline Resource

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its resource entitled Outline of the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Process. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires employers to verify the identity and work authorization of all their new hires. Failure to verify new hires or knowingly hiring unauthorized workers subjects an employer to substantial...
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February 12, 2025
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Announces FY 2026 H-1B Visa Lottery To Begin March 7

The initial registration period for the FY 2026 H-1B visa lottery will open March 7, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has announced. Employers wanting to file H-1B visa petitions on behalf of foreign worker beneficiaries for FY 2026 (October 1, 2025—September 30, 2026) must submit an electronic H-1B lottery registration between March 7 and March 24, 2025. After...
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February 03, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Trump Administration Sets Its Sights on Immigration Policy Reform

The Trump Administration is cracking down on illegal immigration and is eager to enforce immigration policies and deport unauthorized individuals. President Trump issued numerous immigration-related executive orders during his first week in office. Most relate to securing the United States’ southern border and are not directed at employers or employees. However, companies are reporting raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at...
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January 29, 2025
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Category: Immigration

Fifth Circuit Rules DACA Unlawful

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful, but the program will continue to protect current DACA beneficiaries, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled January 17. Under Texas v. United States, new DACA applications will not be processed, but the court stayed its ruling for current DACA beneficiaries so they can keep their DACA status...
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January 02, 2025
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Category: Immigration

DHS Issues Another Rule Seeking To Modernize the H-1B Visa Program

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a second final rule aimed at modernizing the H-1B specialty occupation visa program. The “Modernizing H-1B Requirements” final rule goes into effect January 17, 2025. In February 2024, USCIS published the first part of its H-1B modernization rule, which implemented a new lottery process to reduce fraud....
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December 11, 2024
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

DOJ Releases Fact Sheet on Anti-Discrimination Rights of Green Card Holders

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section, has issued a Fact Sheet that outlines workplace discrimination protections for permanent residents (often called “green card holders”). IER’s two-page Fact Sheet, published in November, is entitled “Lawful Permanent Residents’ Employment Rights Under the Immigration and Nationality Act.” It delineates protections under the INA in three areas: hiring, firing,...
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October 02, 2024
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Provides Automatic 36-Month Extension for Green Card Renewals

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is lengthening the automatic extension period of Permanent Resident Cards (“Green Cards”) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents who file a timely application for renewal (Form I-90). An employee will be able to use an expired Green Card and a Form I-90 receipt notice to verify continued employment authorization on the Form I-9....
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