IMMIGRATION UPDATE – March 17, 2025
HEADLINES
U.S. Arrests and Detains Permanent Resident Protester, Raising First Amendment Concerns – The Trump administration has said it plans to expand arrests and deportations based on foreign policy grounds.
DOS Expands Foreign Affairs Functions Exempted From Public Notice Requirements; Significant Effects on Agency Rulemaking and Adjudications Likely – The declaration effectively constitutes an expansion to other federal agencies of the exemption of “foreign affairs” functions from Administrative Procedure Act requirements.
DHS Designates New Form for Registration and Fingerprinting – Following the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that certain noncitizens in the United States must register and be fingerprinted, the agency released an interim final rule designating a new form for that purpose, effective April 11, 2025.
ICE Empties Guantanamo of Migrants; CBP Reduces Temporary Processing Facilities Along Southwest Border – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved the last 40 migrants who had been detained at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to the United States.
April Visa Bulletin Announces Retrogression of China and India EB-5 Final Action Dates, Unavailability of EB-4 Immigrant Visas for Rest of Fiscal Year – The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for April 2025 reports that increased demand and number use by China and India in the EB-5 unreserved immigrant investor green card category, combined with increased Rest of World demand and number use, has made it necessary to retrogress the final action dates.
DOS Resumes Processing of Following-to-Join Relatives of Refugees in United States – The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2025.
CDC Removes COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Immigrant Visa Applicants – U.S. embassies and consulates will no longer refuse an immigrant visa application for failure to present documentation that the applicant received the COVID-19 vaccination.
Trump Administration Plans to Restart and Expand Travel Bans – The travel ban would likely include Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen, along with Afghanistan, Pakistan, and possibly others.
USCIS Changes Many Forms With No Notice, Adds Grace Periods After Complaint Filed – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted changes to many forms with grace periods of up to one month, immediately following a complaint filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association challenging USCIS’s publishing new editions of immigration forms with no notice and requiring their use with no grace period.
USCIS Plans to Require Applicants to Provide Access to Social Media Accounts – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said there was a “need to collect social media identifiers (‘handles’) and associated social media platform names from applicants to enable and help inform identity verification, national security and public safety screening, and vetting, and related inspections.”
Trump Administration Fires EOIR Personnel and Immigration Judges While Backlogs Grow – the Trump administration has fired a number of Executive Office for Immigration Review staff and immigration judges (IJs), along with more than a dozen members of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Annual Limit Reached in EB-4 Category – The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2025.
President Trump Designates English as Official Language But Does Not Require Agencies to Delete or Stop Producing Materials in Other Languages – The order states that agency heads “are not required to amend, remove, or otherwise stop production of documents, products, or other services prepared or offered in languages other than English.”
President Trump Proposes ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program to Replace EB-5 Visa – President Trump said he wants to sell a “gold card” visa for $5 million to noncitizens, including both individuals and companies. The visa would include permanent residence with work authorization and a path to U.S. citizenship. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that the new program, which has not been launched yet, would replace the EB-5 visa program in two weeks.
‘Show Me Your Papers’: Trump Administration Announces Undocumented Immigrant Registry – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced enforcement of a law requiring undocumented immigrants to register with the federal government, be fingerprinted, and notify the government of address changes. DHS said that failure to register “is a crime that could result in a fine, imprisonment, or both.”
DOS Announces Expansion of Visa Restriction Policy for Individuals Exploiting Cuban Labor – The Department of State announced the expansion of an existing Cuba-related visa restriction policy that targets forced labor linked to the Cuban labor export program.
DETAILS
U.S. Arrests and Detains Permanent Resident Protester, Raising First Amendment Concerns
On March 8, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate, Syrian immigrant, and pro-Palestinian protester who is a permanent resident of the United States. On March 10, 2025, a U.S. district judge ordered that Mr. Khalil not be removed from the United States pending a ruling on his petition.
According to reports, Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally signed off on the revocation of Mr. Khalil’s permanent resident status after receiving information from the Department of Homeland Security that Mr. Khalil had participated in “pro-Hamas rallies” at which pro-Hamas propaganda was distributed. The Trump administration has said it plans to expand arrests and deportations based on foreign policy grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act: “An alien whose presence or activities in the United States the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States is deportable.” Otherwise lawful statements, beliefs, or associations cannot be used as grounds for exclusion or deportation, unless the Secretary of State “personally determines that the alien’s admission would compromise a compelling United States foreign policy interest.”
The Khalil case has raised First Amendment concerns about people’s right to express views that differ from those of the U.S. government. Commenters have noted, for example, that in a concurring opinion in the 1945 Supreme Court case, Bridges v. Wixon, Justice Francis Murphy wrote that “once an alien lawfully enters and resides in this country he becomes invested with the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people within our borders.” Although DHS stated that Mr. Khalil had participated in “pro-Hamas” activities, Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of Khalil’s attorneys, said that his detention “has nothing to do with security; it is only about repression. The United States government has taken the position that it can arrest, detain, and seek to deport a lawful permanent resident exclusively because of his peaceful, constitutionally protected activism.” It was unclear what evidence DHS used to determine that Mr. Khalil’s actions constituted “pro-Hamas” activities. Hamas is a designated terrorist organization.
DOS Expands Foreign Affairs Functions Exempted From Public Notice Requirements; Significant Effects on Agency Rulemaking and Adjudications Likely
Secretary of State Marco Rubio published a notice on March 14, 2025, that includes a statement dated February 21, 2025, reiterating that the Department of State’s (DOS) foreign affairs purview includes “all policy related to the protection and travel of U.S. citizens overseas, visa operations and visa issuance, implementation of the Arms Export Control Act, and implementation of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.”
The notice further declares that “all efforts, conducted by any agency of the federal government, to control the status, entry, and exit of people, and the transfer of goods, services, data, technology, and other items across the borders of the United States, constitute a foreign affairs function of the United States under the Administrative Procedure Act [APA].” This effectively constitutes an expansion to other federal agencies of the exemption of these “foreign affairs” functions from the APA’s requirements.
Commenters noted that this determination could have significant effects on rulemaking and adjudications of several agencies. For example, NAFSA said this means that agencies such as DOS and the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor could issue new immigration and border-related regulations without notice and comment; make legal challenges based on APA violations more difficult; and potentially reduce transparency in immigration-related adjudications, including removal proceedings.
DHS Designates New Form for Registration and Fingerprinting
Following the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement that certain noncitizens in the United States must register and be fingerprinted, the agency released an interim final rule designating a new registration form, G-325R, for that purpose, effective April 11, 2025. There is no fee. DHS requests comments on the interim rule by May 12, 2025.
According to DHS:
- With limited exceptions (e.g., for visa holders who have already been registered and fingerprinted (through their application for a visa) and A and G visa holders), those above the age of 14 who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer must apply for registration and be fingerprinted before the expiration of 30 days.
- Similarly, parents and legal guardians must ensure that their children below the age of 14 are registered.
- Any noncitizen, regardless of previous registration, who turns 14 years old in the United States must update their registration and be fingerprinted within 30 days after their 14th
- Green card holders (permanent residents) who obtained their green cards under age 14 must register by filing Form I-90, to replace their green cards, and be fingerprinted, upon reaching age 14. They should file Form I-90 instead of Form G-325R.
- Willful failure or refusal to apply to register or to be fingerprinted is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to six months, or both.
- Those who register under these requirements will receive a “certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card” and must “at all times carry and have [it] in their personal possession.” Such persons also must notify DHS in writing of any changes of address.
ICE Empties Guantanamo of Migrants; CBP Reduces Temporary Processing Facilities Along Southwest Border
According to reports, on March 11, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) moved the last 40 migrants who had been detained at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to the United States, thus emptying out the Guantanamo detention center. This was the second time the Trump administration brought migrants to Guantanamo and then removed them. In February, 177 Venezuelans were brought to Guantanamo and then repatriated to Venezuela, and on March 2, 48 were brought to the United States from Guantanamo. About 290 migrants have been brought to Guantanamo and then flown out following President Trump’s order to take migrants there.
It was unclear why the 40 migrants were flown from Guantanamo to the international airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, as no announcements were made. The move occurred shortly before a U.S. district court was scheduled to hear several cases challenging aspects of the Guantanamo detention policy. The operation has cost a reported $16 million so far, with a staff of about 1,000 security personnel and contractors, many from U.S. military bases.
Also, on March 13, 2025, following a drop in apprehensions along the U.S. southwest land border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it is closing some of the temporary processing facilities in that area. “CBP no longer has a need for them as illegal aliens are being quickly removed. The U.S. Border Patrol has full capability to manage the detention of apprehended aliens in its permanent facilities. Manpower and other resources dedicated to temporary processing facilities will be redirected toward other priorities and will speed CBP’s progress in gaining operational control over the southwest border,” said Pete Flores, Acting CBP Commissioner.
April Visa Bulletin Announces Retrogression of China and India EB-5 Final Action Dates, Unavailability of EB-4 Immigrant Visas for Rest of Fiscal Year
The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for April 2025 reports that increased demand and number use by China and India in the EB-5 unreserved immigrant investor green card category, combined with increased Rest of World demand and number use, has made it necessary to retrogress the final action dates to hold number use within the maximum allowed under the fiscal year (FY) 2025 annual limits. The bulletin states that it may also become necessary to establish a final action date for Rest of World countries if demand and number use continue to increase.
The bulletin also includes a reminder that immigrant visas for FY 2025 in the EB-4 category, which includes certain religious workers under the SR visa category, remain unavailable. The bulletin notes that annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2025. “At that point, embassies and consulates may resume issuing immigrant visas in this category to qualified applicants,” the bulletin says.
DOS Resumes Processing of Following-to-Join Relatives of Refugees in United States
Following a preliminary injunction in Pacito v. Trump, the Department of State (DOS) announced on March 14, 2025, that it has resumed processing of following-to-join beneficiaries who are relatives of refugees already in the United States.
DOS said it will “communicate directly with beneficiaries whose appointments were previously canceled to reschedule these appointments.” The agency said it also will continue processing any application for which the following-to-join refugee beneficiary has already been interviewed. “Beneficiaries wishing to continue their applications will require a sponsor to fund their medical exams and travel to the United States,” DOS said.
CDC Removes COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Immigrant Visa Applicants
Effective March 11, 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed from its technical instructions to panel physicians the requirement that immigrant visa applicants receive the COVID-19 vaccination, the Department of State (DOS) announced.
Based on the CDC’s updated guidance to panel physicians, U.S. embassies and consulates will no longer refuse an immigrant visa application for failure to present documentation that the applicant received the COVID-19 vaccination. “Applicants whose medical exams are unexpired and otherwise still valid for travel to the United States, and whom a consular officer previously found ineligible based solely on the applicant’s failure to establish vaccination against COVID-19, may have a new medical exam issued by the panel physician without a fee,” DOS said. To request this, affected applicants “should reach out to the U.S. embassy or consulate at which they executed their application for an immigrant visa.”
Trump Administration Plans to Restart and Expand Travel Bans
According to reports, the Trump administration is preparing to restart and expand a travel ban policy against certain countries that had been implemented during his first administration. Officials said the travel ban would likely include the same countries that were on the list the first time—Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen—and that Afghanistan and Pakistan could be added, along with possibly others.
It is unclear whether the travel ban will include highly vetted Afghans already cleared for U.S. resettlement on Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) or as refugees due to their working with the United States during the war with the Taliban. The Department of State’s Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts recommended an exemption for SIV-holders “but it’s not assumed likely to be granted,” according to one source. That office has been ordered to close. “Shutting this down would be a national disgrace, a betrayal of our Afghan allies, of the veterans who fought for them, and of America’s word,” said Shawn VanDiver, founder of #AfghanEvac. Meanwhile, Afghan evacuation and resettlement efforts have been paused.
USCIS Changes Many Forms With No Notice, Adds Grace Periods After Complaint Filed
On March 8, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted changes to many forms with grace periods for their use of up to one month. This immediately followed a complaint filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Benach Collopy LLP for declaratory and injunctive relief to challenge USCIS’s publishing new editions of immigration forms with no notice and requiring their use with no grace period.
AILA explained that on Monday, March 3, and again on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, USCIS “abruptly posted multiple forms for immediate use and removed the previous versions, only permitting the submission of the new form editions. No notice was given, no grace period was implemented.” AILA said that across the United States, “immigration attorneys and their clients were faced with the reality that potentially tens of thousands of forms that had been submitted properly and in accordance with the law would be rejected even if mailed before the new form was made available.” AILA said it reached out to USCIS to “request a grace period for acceptance of the new forms, but the agency offered no clear relief or public guidance” and thus “litigation was required.” Shortly after AILA filed the lawsuit, USCIS responded that “while no definite grace period is being provided, USCIS will exercise its discretion to not reject previous versions of forms that are submitted for a reasonable period after the new versions take effect.” USCIS then subsequently posted grace periods.
According to AILA, at least some of the changes are related to gender identity language and reinstituting the use of “alien.”
USCIS Plans to Require Applicants to Provide Access to Social Media Accounts
On March 5, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it plans to require applicants for various immigration benefits to provide access to their social media accounts. USCIS said there was a “need to collect social media identifiers (‘handles’) and associated social media platform names from applicants to enable and help inform identity verification, national security and public safety screening, and vetting, and related inspections.”
The agency said the collection of information was “necessary to comply with section 2 of the Executive order (E.O.) entitled ‘Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,’ which directs implementation of uniform vetting standards and requires the collection of all information necessary for a rigorous vetting and screening of all grounds of inadmissibility or bases for the denial of immigration-related benefits.” The Department of State already asks for social media information in conjunction with visa applications filed outside of the United States.
USCIS said comments are “encouraged” and will be accepted until May 5, 2025.
Trump Administration Fires EOIR Personnel and Immigration Judges While Backlogs Grow
According to reports, the Trump administration has fired a number of Executive Office for Immigration Review staff and immigration judges (IJs). On February 14, 2025, 13 IJs who had been hired recently were summarily fired, along with seven assistant chief IJs. One IJ, Kerry Doyle, was fired via an email with the subject line “Termination” that stated, “EOIR has determined that retaining you is not in the best interest of the agency,” with no other details. Her hiring process had taken 14 months with multiple interviews, and she was appointed in December 2024.
Since February 14, according to the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, a parent union of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), at least two more IJs have been fired, along with eight supervisory assistant chief immigration judges and five senior managers. Some were recent hires, but others had been on the job for a long time. Collectively, they would have been responsible for hearing an estimated 10,000 cases this year. More IJs and staff are leaving or retiring early. In addition, more than a dozen of the 28 members of the Board of Immigration Appeals were purged.
It is unclear if or when the fired staff will be replaced. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council, posted on Bluesky that the actions were an “ideological purge” and that the results show “how much ‘fire everyone’ conflicts badly with ‘deport everyone.’ ” Meanwhile, backlogs continue to grow, reaching nearly 3.6 million cases, as evidenced by the graph below:
Annual Limit Reached in EB-4 Category
The Department of State (DOS), in collaboration with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced that it has issued all available immigrant visas in the employment-based fourth preference (EB-4) category for fiscal year (FY) 2025. This category of about 10,000 green cards per year is for a variety of people, including religious workers and special immigrant juveniles.
DOS said that “embassies and consulates may not issue visas in these categories for the remainder of the fiscal year. The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year (FY 2026) on October 1, 2025. At that point, embassies and consulates may resume issuing immigrant visas in this category to qualified applicants.”
President Trump Designates English as Official Language But Does Not Require Agencies to Delete or Stop Producing Materials in Other Languages
On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.
Notably, although the order states that Executive Order 13166 of August 11, 2000 (Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency), is revoked, the order does not require or direct any change in the services provided by any agency: “Agency heads should make decisions as they deem necessary to fulfill their respective agencies’ mission and efficiently provide Government services to the American people. Agency heads are not required to amend, remove, or otherwise stop production of documents, products, or other services prepared or offered in languages other than English.”
President Trump Proposes ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program to Replace EB-5 Visa
President Trump said he wants to sell a “gold card” visa for $5 million to noncitizens, including both individuals and companies. The visa would include permanent residence with work authorization and a path to U.S. citizenship. A new visa program would require passage by Congress, but Mr. Trump said he wouldn’t need congressional approval “because we’re not doing citizenship, we’re doing the card.” He said that gold card holders would “be wealthy and they’ll be successful and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people, and we think it’s going to be extremely successful.”
According to reports, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that the new program would replace the EB-5 visa program in two weeks. He also claimed that 250,000 people were “waiting in line” for it, although an application process hasn’t been established yet. The current EB-5 immigrant investor program includes investment and job-creation requirements. Mr. Lutnick said the EB-5 program was “full of nonsense” and “low priced.” It was unclear whether existing EB-5 visa holders would be affected if the program were to be shut down and whether the Trump administration would seek congressional approval for either the new “gold card” program or shutting down the EB-5 program. In 2022, Congress extended the EB-5 program until 2027.
The “gold card” idea is similar to “golden visa” programs in many other countries, although some have ended such programs due to issues including money laundering, security concerns, and driving up housing prices. The European Union has recommended against such programs. When asked if gold card applicants would be vetted, Mr. Lutnick said, “Of course. Deeply vetted. And we said that from the first minute.… These are vetted people.” Mr. Lutnick also said the new program would bring “huge money for America.” Mr. Trump was asked whether Russian oligarchs would qualify, and he replied, “Yeah, possibly.”
‘Show Me Your Papers’: Trump Administration Announces Undocumented Immigrant Registry
On February 25, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced enforcement of an existing law requiring undocumented immigrants to register with the federal government, be fingerprinted, and notify the government of address changes. DHS said that failure to register “is a crime that could result in a fine, imprisonment, or both.”
DHS said those who “must apply for registration” include:
- “All aliens 14 years of age or older who were not registered and fingerprinted (if required) when applying for a visa to enter the United States and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer. They must apply before the expiration of those 30 days.
- The parents and legal guardians of aliens less than 14 years of age who have not been registered and remain in the United States for 30 days or longer, prior to the expiration of those 30 days.
- Any alien, whether previously registered or not, who turns 14 years old in the United States, within 30 days after their 14th“
Those who “have not registered” include:
- “Aliens who are present in the United States without inspection and admission or inspection and parole;
- Canadian visitors who entered the United States at land ports of entry and were not issued evidence of registration; and
- Aliens who submitted one or more benefit requests to USCIS not listed in 8 CFR 264.1(a), including applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or Temporary Protected Status, who were not issued evidence of registration.”
American Indians born in Canada who entered the United States under section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and members of the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians who entered the United States under the Texas Band of Kickapoo Act, are not required to register.
DHS said it would soon announce a form and process for registration. “Beginning Feb. 25, 2025, aliens required to register should create a USCIS online account in preparation for the registration process. See our How to Create a USCIS Online Account page for more information. Once the registration process is implemented, aliens will submit their registration, and parents and guardians will submit registration applications on behalf of their children under 14, through their USCIS online account.”
Greg Chen, a senior director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the registration requirement could lead to a “nationwide show-me-your-papers regime.” It remains to be seen how many undocumented immigrants will be inclined to register or how the registration requirement will be enforced. In the meantime, DHS reportedly asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the home addresses of about 700,000 people believed to be in the United States without authorization and requested auditors and criminal investigators to probe businesses suspected of hiring unauthorized workers. The IRS refused to provide the home addresses to DHS but is looking for other ways to help.
DOS Announces Expansion of Visa Restriction Policy for Individuals Exploiting Cuban Labor
On February 25, 2025, the Department of State (DOS) announced the expansion of “an existing Cuba-related visa restriction policy that targets forced labor linked to the Cuban labor export program. This expanded policy applies to current or former Cuban government officials, and other individuals, including foreign government officials, who are believed to be responsible for, or involved in, the Cuban labor export program, particularly Cuba’s overseas medical missions,” along with their immediate family members.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose parents were Cuban immigrants, said in a statement that “Cuba continues to profit from the forced labor of its workers and the regime’s abusive and coercive labor practices are well documented. Cuba’s labor export programs, which include the medical missions, enrich the Cuban regime, and in the case of Cuba’s overseas medical missions, deprive ordinary Cubans of the medical care they desperately need in their home country.”
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PUBLICATIONS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST
Know your rights. A number of organizations, including the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., have published resources highlighting immigrants’ rights in the United States, including “know your rights” information and what documents they may want to carry when traveling inside the United States. See also Information for Employers — “What to Do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplace” : NELP_EmployerGuide_Eng_2025_Final-.pdf. Note the important distinction between administrative and judicial warrants, and a public lobby versus private areas of a business.
DHS fact sheet on Immigration Services Program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a fact sheet on its Science and Technology Directorate’s Immigration Services Program. The program will “support DHS in enhancing their ability to streamline immigration custody, case processing, and removal operations, prevent immigration fraud, and improve mission data management, analysis, visualization and sharing across the homeland security enterprise.”
IMMIGRATION AGENCY INFORMATION/PROCESSING TIMES
U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
Accessing I-94 Information: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home
Department of Labor:
PERM and Prevailing Wage Processing Times: https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes
State Department:
Visa Appointment Wait Times: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas.html
Monthly Immigrant Visa Bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:
Processing Times: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
Case Status Online: https://egov.uscis.gov/
GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS
DHS session on fee changes. The Department of Homeland Security will hold a virtual public engagement session on changes to immigration benefit fees made by a final rule. The session will be held at 2 p.m. ET on February 22, 2024. To register, input your email address at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCIS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDHSCIS_1081.
USCIS webinar on H-1B electronic registration process. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will present a webinar on the fiscal year 2025 H-1B electronic registration process on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET. The webinar will include updates on changes to the process, a step-by-step overview of how to submit an H-1B registration, and a Q&A session.
E-Verify webinar schedule: E-Verify released its calendar of webinars.
SAVE webinars: Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) has updated its calendar of webinars.
X (Formerly Twitter) ACCOUNTS
- EOIR: @DOJ_EOIR
- ICE: @ICEgov
- Study in the States: @StudyinStates
- USCIS: @USCIS
- Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers: ABIL is available on X (formerly Twitter): @ABILImmigration
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This newsletter was prepared in collaboration with ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, comprised of twenty U.S. immigration lawyers who head some of the top immigration practices in the country. Larrabee Albi Coker LLP is an active member of ABIL.
Legal Disclaimer: This newsletter is provided for informational purposes only and does not substitute for legal advice based on the circumstances of a specific matter.