Most U.S. consulates will soon be exercising newly-granted authority to waive visa interviews for applicants for renewals of most temporary-work visa categories. Interviews will also be waived for many first-time applicants for such visas, for individuals from countries which participate in the VWP program as has long waived visas for business visitors and visitors for …

In an unprecedented move, USCIS has, on November 19, announced that the two previous drawings from H-1B lottery registrations have not resulted in fully using the current fiscal year’s H-1B numerical allocations.  There has never before been a third drawing.

USCIS announced on November 10, 2021 that it has settled a class-action lawsuit filed in Washington State that focused on lengthy adjudication times for processing H-4 spouses’ extensions of employment authorization documents (EAD), as well as L-2 spouses seeking employment authorization initially and/or renewals of EAD’s.  

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its Interim Final Rule regarding vaccination of employees of large employers (100+ employees). The rules apply to employers with a total of, at least, 100 employees within the entire firm or corporation at any time the rule is in effect. The rule does not apply to health …

The Biden administration has announced that it will remove restrictions for land (and ferry) border crossings from Canada and Mexico in two phases. This will benefit not only Canadians and Mexicans, extending to all travelers who are entering the US from either Canada or Mexico.

In September, President Biden issued Executive Orders regarding Covid vaccination.  First, he issued an order regarding vaccination for federal employees; then he announced that OSHA would be developing a rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that their workforce is vaccinated or tested at least weekly – this rule has …