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  1. October 2025

    1. October 29, 2025 2.0

      DHS Ends Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents

      Employment VerificationLabor USCIS Comment PeriodFinal/Actual Rule

      Current Status

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    3. October 23, 2025 2.0

      DHS proposes changes to EB-5 fee filings and structure

      Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based DHSUSCIS Proposed Rule

      Current Status

  1. September 2025

    1. September 24, 2025 2.0

      DHS proposes weighted selection process for cap-subject H-1B petitions

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based DHSUSCIS ProposedComment Period Change in PracticeRule

      Current Status

    2. September 2, 2025 2.0

      DHS Secretary ratifies interim final rule on Asylum Cooperative Agreements

      EnforcementAsylum, Withholding and CATHumanitarian DHSUSCISEOIRDOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Rule

      Current Status

  1. August 2025

    1. August 28, 2025 2.0

      DHS proposes rule to establish a fixed time-period of admission and extension of stay procedures for F, J and I nonimmigrants

      Non-Immigrant Visas: StudentNon-Immigrant Visas DHSUSCIS Proposed Rule

      Current Status

    2. August 5, 2025 2.0

      State Department Requires Bonds for Tourism and Business Visas

      Non-Immigrant Visas: VisitorNon-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Bureau of Consular AffairsDOSDHS Final/Actual Rule

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 18, 2025 2.0

      USCIS immigration fees required by HR-1 Reconciliation Bill

      Asylum, Withholding and CATRefugeesTPSImmigrant Visas: Special ImmigrantMinors DHSUSCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveRule

      Current Status

    2. Current Status

  1. June 2025

    1. June 9, 2025 2.0

      DHS adopts regulation governing the protection of federal property

      Enforcement DHS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveRule

      Current Status

  1. May 2025

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  1. March 2025

    1. Current Status

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  1. January 2025

    1. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 8 directs DHS and Treasury to assess and collect civil fines and penalties from unlawfully present noncitizens and others

      Enforcement DHSOtherCBP Comment PeriodFinal/Actual Presidential OrdersRule

      Current Status

  1. January 2021

    1. January 8, 2021

      DHS issues rule for wage-based H-1B cap selection process

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCIS Final/ActualEnjoined/Vacated Rule
    2. January 4, 2021

      DHS and DOL issue direct final rule extending DOL discretionary review to H-2B temporary labor certification cases

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedLabor DHSDOL ProposedFinal/Actual Rule
  1. December 2020

    1. December 23, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue communicable-disease security bars to asylum and withholding eligibility

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT USCISCBPDHSEOIR Final/Actual Rule
    2. December 11, 2020

      EOIR and DHS issue final rule significantly restricting asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protections

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT CBPUSCISEOIR Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule
  1. November 2020

    1. November 27, 2020

      EOIR proposes sweeping changes to rules on motions to reopen/reconsider

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIRICE Proposed Rule
    2. November 24, 2020

      DOS imposes bond pilot program for business, tourists visas from certain countries

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor Bureau of Consular AffairsICE Final/Actual Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. October 2020

    1. October 21, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue final rule expanding criminal bars to asylum and limiting review of discretionary denials of asylum

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and AdjudicationsInteriorBorder CBPICEUSCISEOIRBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. October 8, 2020

      DHS issues interim final rule narrowing H-1B criteria

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCISDOL Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/VacatedRenewed Rule
    3. October 2, 2020

      USCIS proposes regulatory changes to affidavit of support requirements

      Immigrant Visas USCISDHS Proposed Forms and Information CollectionRule