The H-1B $100,000 Fee Proclamation and the “Trump Gold Card”

2025-09-20T15:03:53-04:00

On September 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation requiring H-1B visa applications to be accompanied by a $100,000 fee per employee. This prohibitive and unconscionable amount is designed to shut down the H-1B visa framework that U.S. employers rely on to hire much-needed workers from other countries.

The problem is that this unilateral […]

The H-1B $100,000 Fee Proclamation and the “Trump Gold Card”2025-09-20T15:03:53-04:00

The H-1B U.S. Worker Replacement Myth

2025-09-20T15:02:18-04:00

The myth of the H-1B foreign national replacing the U.S. worker reared its ugly head again yesterday, when President Trump signed a new Presidential Proclamation entitled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers.” The measure seeks to kill the H-1B visa program by making it prohibitively expensive for U.S. employers to hire foreign workers […]

The H-1B U.S. Worker Replacement Myth2025-09-20T15:02:18-04:00

Chinese students currently studying in the U.S. are feeling scared about their future

2025-06-18T16:59:06-04:00

Over a quarter of a million Chinese students currently studying in the U.S. are feeling increasingly uncertain about their future. Their education—and, in many cases, their long-term aspirations—now hang in the balance due to this administration’s unilateral efforts to “decouple” from China on a broader geopolitical level.

What many observers fail to realize is the […]

Chinese students currently studying in the U.S. are feeling scared about their future2025-06-18T16:59:06-04:00

Why the H-1B Visa cap Should be Eliminated

2024-11-04T14:56:20-05:00

Addressing the Mismatch: Eliminating the H-1B Cap to Meet Employer Demand for Employment-Based Visas in the US

The United States has long been a land of opportunity, attracting global talent and fostering innovation. However, the current system of employment-based visas falls short in meeting the increasing demand from employers. One particular visa category, the H-1B, has […]

Why the H-1B Visa cap Should be Eliminated2024-11-04T14:56:20-05:00

Get on board! The H-1B Visa roller coaster ride is here for US employers who need to hire foreign nationals with university degrees.

2024-11-05T13:54:56-05:00

The annual roller coaster ride, known as the H-1B visa application process, is about to go up the hill and come speeding down, with unknown twists and turns coming your way.

For the next eight weeks, employers are scrambling to decide whether to sponsor foreign nationals for professional positions, U.S. university grads from foreign countries are […]

Get on board! The H-1B Visa roller coaster ride is here for US employers who need to hire foreign nationals with university degrees.2024-11-05T13:54:56-05:00

Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace period

2024-11-05T14:41:34-05:00

An impromptu race for new employment has begun nationwide in the U.S. tech sector. With Twitter, Meta and Amazon all announcing massive layoffs, tens of thousands of workers, many highly skilled engineers, are scrambling for new employment.  Most people have experienced the stress of not knowing where their next paycheck comes from. Now imagine […]

Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace period2024-11-05T14:41:34-05:00

A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 2022

2023-12-18T10:07:46-05:00

The good news on the U.S. immigration front has been few and far between since Covid-19 shut down the world in March of 2021. It’s hard to fathom all the barriers that the U.S. government created in that lapse of time, including country-specific bars to entry which kept millions of people from traveling to […]

A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 20222023-12-18T10:07:46-05:00

National Interest Exemption Gutted

2024-12-02T13:54:24-05:00

On March 2, significant changes were made to the criteria for granting National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamation 10143 (extending PP 9993), which suspends travel from Schengen countries, the Ireland and UK to the United States.

The exception was extremely useful in facilitating direct travel from these countries for foreign nationals who make a strong economic […]

National Interest Exemption Gutted2024-12-02T13:54:24-05:00

Trump is not leaving before setting more fires

2024-12-02T14:05:13-05:00

With a painful transition of power underway, the attack on immigrants marches on until the last moments of the Trump administration. On December 31, 2020, the Trump administration issued a presidential proclamation extending the ban of entry for certain nonimmigrant and immigrant visas as outlined in its April 22, 2020, and June 22, 2020, proclamations. The ban includes […]

Trump is not leaving before setting more fires2024-12-02T14:05:13-05:00

The hardest year in half a century for immigrants

2024-12-04T10:18:19-05:00
The holidays are here and another year is about to come and go, but 2019 has been the hardest year in half a century for immigrants. The current administration has denied visas at astronomically rising levels and this had led to a drop in visa petitions being presented etc., a vicious circle which feeds […]
The hardest year in half a century for immigrants2024-12-04T10:18:19-05:00
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