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Last October I wrote about the Supreme Court declining to hear Save Jobs USA v. DHS, and I said at the time that the decision did nothing to stop a future administration from revisiting the program through new regulatory action. That is exactly what is now happening. DHS has placed a rule on the Unified...

For EB-5 investors pursuing permanent residence through the Regional Center Program, September 30, 2026, is an important date. It is tied to the statutory grandfathering protection created by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA). This does not mean that the entire EB-5 Regional Center Program automatically disappears on September 30, 2026. The...

Despite the launch of Bitcoin in 2009, the SEC finally built the first framework for the crypto asset class through its August 18, 2026 proposal of “Regulation Crypto Assets”. While this proposal represents a critical development for crypto fund managers, it also requires careful analysis to understand how it could affect crypto fund operations and...

Over the past several days, immigrant visa applicants around the world have reported that their long-awaited consular interviews were cancelled or postponed often with little notice and no new date. The cancellations are not isolated to one embassy or one region. According to reporting by The New York Times on August 24, 2026, the U.S....

On August 25, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would impose a $103,265 fee on H-1B cap-subject petitions. The timing is not a coincidence. It comes one month after the First Circuit refused to let the government reinstate the $100,000 fee created by last September’s presidential...

On August 21, 2026, a federal judge in New York struck down the Department of State policy that had implemented the 75-country immigrant visa pause. The pause was originally announced in mid-January 2026 and allowed for Applicants to attend their consular interviews but barred consular officers from issuing immigrant visas. The Administration justified the decision...

Snapshot: USCIS has released a policy memo providing guidance regarding the new public charge rule that will be implemented on September 18, 2026 Your filing date will determine if the new rule applies to you Any benefits received before September 18 mostly will not count, do not drop coverage in a panic After September 18,...

I’ve been telling people this for a while now: if you own your own company and want to sponsor yourself for an H-1B through it, you do not need a board of directors. No investors. No outside corporate governance. None of it. I’ve said it enough times that people started asking me if I was...