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04/08/2026

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02/24/2026

University of Delaware issued a guidance to students, staff and faculty regarding potential interactions with ICE

Guidance for Faculty, Staff, and Students in All UD Locations

02/03/2026

Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

01/17/2026

Printable Know Your Rights Card

This card explains that you are exercising your Constitutional rights. You have the right to remain silent and the right to ask to speak to an attorney. Available in Arabic, Chinese – Simplified, Chinese – Traditional, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

10/29/2025

The Department of Homeland Security has announced an interim final rule ending the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents for aliens filing renewal applications in certain employment authorization categories.

10/29/2025

As previously announced, on Oct. 28, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will only accept electronic payments for paper-filed forms.

10/21/2025

Presidential Proclamation on Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers: Who is subject to the $100,000 payment

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10/15/2025

The Department of Homeland Security is publishing a Federal Register notice to implement a new immigration parole fee required by the H.R. 1 Reconciliation Bill.

09/20/2025

President Trump’s new H-1B visa requirement applies only to NEW, prospective petitions that have not yet been filed.

Petitions submitted prior to September 21, 2025 are not affected.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/H1B_Proc_Memo_FINAL.pdf

05/20/2025

ADIT stamp by mail

USCIS field offices recently started delivering Forms I-94 with ADIT (temporary I-551) stamps as temporary evidence of LPR status without requiring an in-person appearance at the field office. With this new operational process, USCIS has added more ways for applicants to obtain proof of status. This...

02/11/2025

DOS Updated J-1 Skills List Effective 12/09/204

Effective December 9, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) published a notice updating the J-1 Exchange Visitors Skills List, a list of countries that require the services of individuals engaged in specific fields of specialized knowledge or skills. The list determines whether a J-1 visa visitor is subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement, that requires certain J-1 exchange visitors to return to their home country for two years after their J-1 program, under Section 212(e) of the amended Immigration and Nationality Act.

Key Takeaways:

J-1 visitors who were admitted in J status or obtained J status before December 9, 2024, are no longer subject to the requirement if their country is not designated in this revised Skills list.

Individuals with pending waiver applications who are nationals of countries removed from the skills list should no longer need a 212(e) waiver and should be able to proceed with adjustment of status / visa processing without the waiver. DOS has been notifying applicants of the termination of the 212(e) waiver application under these circumstances.

DOS updated the list of countries subject to the Skills List based on a methodology that considers the overall economic development (as measured by per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP)), country size, and overall outbound migration rate of each country.

The list removes several countries, notably China and India, subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement. The list also removes Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Georgia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Namibia, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Eswatini (Swaziland), Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay.

DOS did not update skills in this update. For countries on this revised 2024 Skills List, the skills are the same as in the 2009 Skills List.

However, a J-1 visitor may be subject to the requirement based on funding from the U.S. government or home country government, or from receiving graduate medical education or training in the United States. This update only affects former J-1 visa holders who were subject to the two-year home country requirement based on the Skills List.

DOS notes its intention to review the Skills List every three years and will publish updates as appropriate. The last time a revised Skills List was published was April 30, 2009.