by Hutchinsons Law | Sep 30, 2026 | Law
On Sept. 18, 2026, the White House announced two significant actions affecting the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program. The first, an executive order titled “Enhancing Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the Administration of the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa...
by Hutchinsons Law | Aug 18, 2026 | Law
On Aug. 6, 2026, DHS submitted a proposed rule, “Eliminating the Discretionary 60-day Grace Period,” to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that seeks to eliminate the 60-day grace period available to H-1B workers and certain other employment-based...
by Hutchinsons Law | Aug 15, 2026 | Law
In a final rule released Aug. 10, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that employers with at least 50 U.S. employees, with more than half of whom holding H-1B, L-1A or L-1B status, must pay the Biometric Fee, $4,000 for an H-1B petition or $4,500...
by Hutchinsons Law | Jul 29, 2026 | Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has denied the federal government’s request to stay a district court order blocking the administration’s H-1B measures, including the proposed $100,000 filing fee.The litigation is ongoing, but the ruling...
by Hutchinsons Law | Jul 18, 2026 | Law
By Cyrus Mehta and Damira Zhanatova*For years, many H-1B professionals treated a layoff as an immigration emergency and entrepreneurship as something they had to postpone. The January 17, 2025 H-1B modernization rule changes that somewhat. It gives H-1B workers a...
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