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The U.S. government has expanded its travel ban from 19 countries (announced in June 2025) to a total of 39 countries, effective January 1, 2026. President Trump’s Dec. 16, 2025 proclamation “expands on” the June 4, 2025 ban, continuing restrictions on the original 19...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has unveiled a proposal that would dramatically expand the information required from visa-free visitors. Under the draft rule, travelers from Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries – such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan,...
In early December 2025, USCIS issued a sweeping new policy memorandum titled “Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum Applications and all USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Aliens from High-Risk Countries”. The announcement comes in the wake of a deadly ambush near...
In mid-November 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled a major proposed rule to overhaul the U.S. “public charge” policy for immigration. Essentially, DHS plans to scrap the Biden-era 2022 public charge regulations and give officers far more...
In late October 2025, a federal judge temporarily blocked USCIS from collecting the new Annual Asylum Fee (AAF). Under H.R. 1 (the FY 2025 budget “One Big Beautiful Bill”), a $100 annual fee was imposed on every pending asylum case after the first year. In practice,...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan will end effective January 5, 2026. In its official notice, DHS explains that after a statutorily required review, the Secretary determined South Sudan “no...
In late October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a major change to work permit renewals. An interim final rule published on October 30, 2025 immediately ends the automatic extension of employment authorization for most timely-filed...
In recent weeks, USCIS has issued guidance sharply narrowing a controversial new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, easing much of the confusion it originally caused. Last month’s presidential proclamation imposing the fee “sent shock waves through the immigration community”....
Big news from USCIS and DHS: starting October 16, 2025, most immigrants granted parole into the United States will be on the hook for a new $1,000 fee. This change comes from the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), a massive budget reconciliation law...
The White House has quietly announced a new incentive program: unaccompanied migrant children aged 14 and older will be offered a $2,500 stipend if they agree to return home voluntarily. According to news reports, a recent Department of Homeland Security letter to...
