The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) will undergo a significant restructuring, effective March 9, 2026. Below is a breakdown of the significant changes: Key Point: The new BIA default is summary judgement. Dismissals will occur within 15 days of filing.  “Instead, for appeals taken from decisions issued after this IFR becomes effective, as explained in Section IV.A of this preamble, the default will be summary dismissal unless a majority of current Board members vote to con

Employers seeking to submit H-1B applications on behalf of their employees will need to register each beneficiary through the USCIS online system from 12pm March 4, 2026 to 12pm March 19, 2026. There is a $215 fee for every registered beneficiary.  Additionally, the USCIS announced new procedures for the FY 2027 Cap Season.  “The new H-1B selection process prioritizes allocating visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens to better protect the wages, working conditions, an

Tomorrow, January 1, 2026, the New York LLC Transparency Act goes into effect, demanding that some LLCs will need to file Beneficial Owner Disclosure Reports. This requires an initial and annual filing detailing who “own[s] and/or control[s] the limited liability company” for the NYS Department of State. According to the department, this new procedure specifically applies to “non-exempt limited liability companies that were formed under the law of a foreign country and which

On December 10, 2025, the Trump Administration announced a new type of visa: the “Trump Gold Card.” Below, we break down what this means: What is the Gold Card visa? The Gold Card visa equates to the status of visas for individuals with “exceptional ability”: the EB-1 or EB-2 visas. The website states that Gold Card applications will be processed “in record time.” What is the price of a Gold Card visa? For individuals, the website indicates “a contribution of $1 million” once

Information is from AILA's "OFLC Announces Extensions and Emergency Procedures for Applications Impacted by Shutdown." All of the following procedures regard filing from October 1, 2025 and November 2, 2025. The following will occur for submissions mailed and postmarked due to FLAG system shutdown: The OFLC will manually enter all information received into the FLAG system. Cases will then receive a case number. The OFLC is aiming to send all employers a notification as soon a

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