DiRaimondo & Schroeder LLP

08/28/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/28/dhs-moves-forward-with-proposal-to-eliminate-60-day-grace-period-for-certain-nonimmigrant-workers

What’s Happening? The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is moving forward with a proposed regulation , titled “Eliminating the Discretionary 60-day Grace Period” which would eliminate the discretionary 60-day grace period currently available to certain employment-based nonimmigrant w...

08/28/2026

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08/27/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/27/dhs-advances-proposed-h-1b-program-reforms-for-omb-review

What’s Happening The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has submitted a proposed regulation titled Reforming the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The proposal could reshape several areas of H-1B eligibility and complian

08/26/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/26/federal-court-vacates-75-country-immigrant-visa-issuance-pause

What’s Happening On August 21, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its decision in Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. v. Rubio , vacating the Department of State’s suspension of immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries. The court also se

08/25/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/25/department-of-state-september-2026-visa-bulletin-summary

The Department of State has released the September 2026 Visa Bulletin . D&S provides a monthly summary of the employment-based priority dates. In September 2026, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Pr

08/24/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/24/dhs-proposes-103265-fee-for-h-1b-cap-petitions

What’s Happening On August 25, 2026 , the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is scheduled to publish a proposed rule that would impose a new $103,265 fee on all cap-subject H-1B petitions . The fee would apply to petitions filed under both the regular H-1B cap and the advanced-degree

08/21/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/21/damps-regulatory-updates-digest-recent-developments-for-employers

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced several immigration-related regulatory developments affecting electronic filing, H-1B and L-1 filing fees, and the PERM labor certification program.  Below is a digest of these updates and thei

08/18/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/18/uscis-establishes-framework-for-mandatory-electronic-filing-of-immigration-forms

What’s Happening On August 11, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published an interim final rule authorizing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to require electronic filing of certain immigration benefit requests . The rule is effective August 11, 2026. Imp...

08/18/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/18/dhs-expands-911-biometric-fee-to-h-1b-and-l-1-extension-petitions

What’s Happening? On August 10, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a final rule expanding the circumstances in which certain employers must pay the 9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee when filing H-1B and L-1 petitions. Effective September 9, 2026 , covered

08/18/2026

https://www.diraimondoschroeder.com/updates/2026/8/18/dol-plans-major-modernization-of-perm-labor-certification-program

What’s Happening The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has announced plans to significantly modernize the permanent labor certification (“PERM”) program, potentially setting the stage for the most substantial changes to the employer-sponsored green card process in more than two decades. As ...