Immigration Law Updates

• USCIS Delays Wage-Based H-1B Selection Process Until at Least December 31, 2021

  February 8, 2021

• Employers’ I-9 and E-Verify Compliance Flexibility Further Extended Through March 31, 2021

  February 8, 2021

• USCIS Announces FY2022 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period

  February 5, 2021

• President Biden Revokes “Buy American, Hire American” Executive Order

  February 1, 2021

• USCIS Flexibility on Responding to RFEs and Agency Requests Extended Through March 31, 2021 Notices

  February 1, 2021

• Presidential Proclamation Limits Entry of Noncitizens from South Africa; Renews Limits on Travellers Coming From Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, and Brazil

  January 25, 2021

• USCIS Form I-797 Receipt Will Replace Sticker to Extend Validity of Green Cards

  January 13, 2021

• CDC Requires Proof of Negative COVID Test or Recovery from All Air Passengers Arriving in US as of January 26, 2021

  January 13, 2021

• DOL Final Rule to Increase Prevailing Wages for LCAs and PERMs to be Published January 14, 2021

  January 13, 2021

• USCIS Publishes Final Rule to Implement Wage-Based Selection Process in H-1B Lottery

  January 8, 2021