President Trump's push to limit birthright citizenship has taken a new shape. On August 6, 2026, roughly five weeks after his original 2025 order was struck down by the Supreme Court, the President signed two new executive orders that go after narrower slices of the same issue rather than...
EB-5 investors with a pending Form I-485 case should pay close attention to their mail over the next few weeks. USCIS has recently moved a substantial batch of pending EB-5-based adjustment of status filings out of the California Service Center and into the Texas Service Center, and applicants whose cases were part...
Major changes affecting F-1 international students and J-1 exchange visitors are set to take effect on September 15, 2026. The new rule replaces Duration of Status (D/S) with fixed periods of admission, introduces an “Admit Until Date,” reduces the F-1 grace period from 60 to 30 days, and creates new requirements for...
A new legal opinion from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has significantly widened which state government offices are required to report individuals known to be unlawfully present in the United States to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The opinion, issued September 1, 2026 and announced publicly on...
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has issued two significant updates concerning Curricular Practical Training (CPT), signaling increased scrutiny of when F-1 students may qualify for this type of practical training.
On August 12, 2026, SEVP issued Broadcast Message 2608-01, “Reminder of Liability for DSOs Regarding CPT...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided a 30-day grace period for the transition to the new edition of Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA.
USCIS published the new edition of Form I-864 on August 31, 2026, with an edition date of 08/24/26....
This edition of NPZ Law Group’s U.S. and Canadian Immigration Newsletter covers major developments affecting employers, international students, foreign workers, and families. Topics include the proposed $103,265 H-1B fee, new fixed admission periods for F-1 and J-1 visa holders, worldwide immigrant visa interview delays, increased scrutiny of remote H-1B work during international...
On August 21, 2026, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York struck down the State Department's ban on immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, ruling that the policy exceeded the Secretary of State's authority and violated the nationality-discrimination prohibition built into U.S. immigration law.
The September 2026 Visa Bulletin closes out Fiscal Year 2026 with significant forward movement in several family-sponsored categories, while the major employment-based categories remain largely unchanged from August. For applicants chargeable to India, EB-2 and EB-5 Unreserved remain unavailable, EB-1 remains at October 15, 2022, and DOS continues to warn that additional...
Back in July, we sent an initial alert letting you know that DHS had finalized this rule (you can revisit our original post, “It's Final: DHS Ends Duration of Status for F, J, and I Visa Holders,” here). Since then, several important developments have occurred, including a legal challenge to the...
