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  1. March 2025

    1. March 6, 2025 2.0

      State Department launches "Catch and Revoke" initiative to revoke visas of students engaged in "pro-Hamas" activity

      Non-Immigrant Visas: StudentInterior DOSDHSDOJ Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14168 § 3(d) directs DOS and DHS to require that government-issued identification documents reflect "immutable biological" sex

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas DHSDOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Presidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. January 2021

    1. January 14, 2021

      DOL issues rule restructuring prevailing wage system, increasing minimums

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedImmigrant Visas: Employment-Based DOL Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      March 12, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. November 2020

    1. November 5, 2020

      Dept. of Labor issues final rule on Adverse Effect Wage Rate for H-2A agricultural laborers

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based DOL Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 20, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. October 2020

    1. October 21, 2020

      DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas Bureau of Consular Affairs In Litigation Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
      February 5, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration
    2. October 8, 2020

      DHS issues interim final rule narrowing H-1B criteria

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCISDOL Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/VacatedRenewed Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 20, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. September 2020

    1. September 2, 2020

      USCIS revises guidance regarding forms and fees to align with USCIS fee rule

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasHumanitarianNaturalization USCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in PracticeForms and Information CollectionRule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      June 14, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. August 2020

    1. August 3, 2020

      USCIS issues final rule increasing fees

      Asylum, Withholding and CATImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasNaturalization USCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      June 14, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. June 2020

    1. June 22, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation freezing certain nonimmigrant visas through the end of 2020

      Non-Immigrant Visas USCISDOLDOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      February 24, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. March 2020

    1. March 18, 2020

      COVID-19: DOS suspends visa services worldwide

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas Bureau of Consular Affairs In LitigationReplaced Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Partially in effect

  1. October 2019

    1. October 11, 2019

      State Department acts on 'Public Charge' changes, including issuing Interim Final Rule

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas USCISBureau of Consular Affairs Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/VacatedRescinded Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 27, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. August 2019

    1. August 14, 2019

      USCIS issues final rule on public charge inadmissibility grounds

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas USCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      March 9, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration
    2. August 14, 2019

      USCIS releases new forms, Form I-945 and I-356, to formalize the public charge bond process

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas USCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      March 9, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration
    3. August 14, 2019

      USCIS publishes revised forms consistent with final rule on public charge ground of inadmissibility

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/ActualIn Litigation Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      August 23, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. July 2019

    1. July 26, 2019

      DOL proposes rule that would change H-2A labor certification process

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based DOL Final/ActualIn Litigation Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 20, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. September 2018

    1. September 28, 2018

      USCIS requests comment on proposed revisions to Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver

      HumanitarianNon-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas USCIS In LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Not in effect

  1. August 2018

    1. August 28, 2018

      DOS adds social media questions to Forms DS-156 and DS-160, Applications for Nonimmigrant Visa

      Non-Immigrant Visas DOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
      May 28, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration
    2. August 9, 2018

      USCIS changes policy on when F, J, and M nonimmigrants start accruing unlawful presence

      Non-Immigrant Visas: StudentNon-Immigrant Visas ICEUSCIS In LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      July 6, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. July 2018

    1. July 1, 2018

      DOS advises it is processing visas according to Travel Ban post-Supreme Court decision

      Non-Immigrant Visas USCISBureau of Consular Affairs Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 20, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. February 2018

    1. February 22, 2018

      USCIS changes third party placement and contract/itinerary requirements for H-1Bs

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationReplaced Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      October 23, 2023
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. July 2017

    1. July 11, 2017

      DHS delays International Entrepreneur Rule

      Non-Immigrant Visas USCIS ProposedIn Litigation Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      May 11, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. June 2017

    1. June 28, 2017

      DOS implements Travel Ban after preliminary injunctions lifted

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas CBPUSCISBureau of Consular Affairs Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 20, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. May 2017

    1. May 4, 2017

      DOS issues new supplemental questionnaire (Form DS-5535) for enhanced vetting

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas DOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect

  1. January 2017

    1. January 27, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13769, implementing travel ban and limiting refugee admissions

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasRefugees USCISBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Final/ActualIn Litigation Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      January 20, 2020
      Acted on by Biden Administration

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