White House Cracks Down on H-1B Visa Employers

One of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises is for American companies to hire more Americans instead of outsourcing jobs to countries with cheaper labor or bringing in lower-paid foreign employees. This promise includes a crackdown on a work visa program which enables thousands of skilled foreign employees to work in “specialty occupations” throughout the United States, especially the ...

USCIS Raises Costs of Many of Its Services & Applications

People who frequently and infrequently deal with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) got an unwelcome surprise at the end of December 2016: a noticeable price hike to many of the agency’s services. In particular, the majority of petitions and applications pertaining to visas of all sorts got a 20% price increase, on average. If you need to fill out an application or ...