Business Immigration Updates
Stay informed with Klug Law Firm Business Immigration Updates, a dedicated source of essential updates on U.S. immigration law. This page shows immigration updates from 2023 to today, offering strategic guidance on travel bans, fee increases, government shutdowns, evolving compliance, and more. It is designed to help employers and HR professionals navigate complex regulatory changes and maintain a proactive talent strategy.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revised its Form I-9 inspection fact sheet to reclassify certain errors previously treated as technical deficiencies as substantive errors. These errors will now be ...
The U.S. Department of State released their April 2026 Visa Bulletin with updated final action and filing dates for employment-based and family-based preference cases and visa applications. These updates ...
On Friday, February 27, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a new version of Form I-129. There are now additional questions on the form that are important ...
The U.S. Department of State announced that effective January 1, 2026, the United States will fully or partially suspend entry for and visa issuance to nationals of 39 ...
The H-1B Lottery season is underway, and the recent changes to the selection process means that the sooner you can finalize your list of employees to enter into ...
The Trump administration has finalized an immigration rule that will change the H-1B selection process to favor individuals in senior positions, by providing more weight to applicants in ...
On December 2, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a Policy Memorandum to hold and review all pending Asylum applications and all USCIS Benefit applications “filed ...
The Trump administration published an interim final rule on October 30, 2025 that eliminates the automatic extension of timely-filed work authorization applications. This rule revises 8 CFR 274a.13(d) ...
On September 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the launch of Project Firewall, a new H-1B enforcement initiative. The program is designed to safeguard U.S. workers ...
On September 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of State issued new guidance requiring applicants for U.S. nonimmigrant visas to schedule their interviews at the U.S. embassy or consulate in ...
On July 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that includes substantial changes to U.S. immigration processes and funding. The Senate approved ...
On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of State announced significant changes to its visa interview waiver policy, which will take effect on September 2, 2025. These changes ...
As you likely have seen, there was a flurry of Executive Orders during the initial days of the new Trump Administration. The KLF Team has carefully analyzed them to see ...
On June 4, 2025, President Trump issued a sweeping Presidential Proclamation Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National ...
Welcome to the H-1B Lottery Season! Klug Law Firm is dedicated to keeping you up to date with key changes to the H-1B Cap Lottery program and suggesting ...
On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the "H-1B Modernization Final Rule," implementing significant changes to the H-1B nonimmigrant visa category. The stated purpose of the final ...
Significant USCIS Changes to H-1B Cap Season and Filing Fees There are some significant changes to H-1B cap season and USCIS filing fees, which are very important for ...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated the Form I-9’s accompanying instructions in 2023 to state that, in addition to printing the completed form and manually signing it, the ...
Welcome to the H-1B Lottery Season! Klug Law Firm is dedicated to keeping you up to date with key changes to the H-1B Cap Lottery program and suggesting ...
On December 20, 2024, the Department of State shared an unpublished version of a Federal Register notice announcing that the greatly anticipated stateside visa renewal pilot will begin on January ...
On December 20, 2024, the Department of State shared an unpublished version of a Federal Register notice announcing that the greatly anticipated stateside visa renewal pilot will begin on January ...
In preparation for the previous possible U.S. government shutdown on October 1, 2023, we published this client alert in late September. We now have another possible government shutdown looming for ...
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modernize the H-1B specialty occupation worker program. The proposed ...
DOS Expected to Begin Stateside Visa Renewal Pilot in Early 2024 The U.S. Department of State plans to start a pilot program called "Stateside Visa Renewal" for certain ...
To date, Congress has not passed, nor has President Biden signed, any of the 12 spending bills needed to keep the government open beyond the end of FY2023 ...