Guidance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) clarifies that a $100,000 fee imposed in September to obtain H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers applies only to new applicants who ...

Real World Impact: USCIS has published additional guidance relevant to the new $100,000 H-1B fee requirement established by presidential proclamation and discussed in our prior Alert, including a link ...

On October 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated guidance further clarifying which H-1B petitions are subject to the $100,000 fee imposed by President Trump’s ...

On October 20, 2025, USCIS provided further information on the Proclamation restricting entry of H-1B workers that became effective September 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (“effective date”). In ...

The Trump administration has revealed how H-1B applicants can pay the new $100,000 fee, and who is exempt from paying it, a month after the president announced the change. In an update Monday, U.S.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump administration’s new asylum fees left immigrants confused about payment methods and deadlines, with some ...

The agency said prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners and representatives must register each beneficiary electronically through a USCIS online account ...

On October 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) once again attempted to clarify to whom and when it would apply a $100,000 H-1B fee. As predicted in our prior alerts (“H-1B Fee” ...

The Trump administration imposed a new annual $100 fee on asylum seekers earlier this summer. But more than three months later, immigrants and their attorneys say they can’t figure out whether they ...

On October 16, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the implementation of a new $1,000 parole fee. The fee requirement took ...

the beneficiary is outside the United States and does not have a valid H‑1B visa; or the petition requests or is approved for consular notification. Notably, the fee does not apply to petitions that ...