Immigration

New and Updated

• Date:

  December 20, 2024

  Type:

  News

  New Rule Modernizes, Strengthens H-1B Visa Program

  Employers should prepare for potential disruption of H-1B visa processing after a new H-1B rule goes into effect in January 2025.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  January 1, 2025: Employers, Act Now Before New Compliance Requirements Take Effect

  Updated to include adjusted federal business vehicle standard mileage rates.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  DHS Modernizes H-2A and H-2B Programs

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  DHS Permanently Increases Automatic EAD Extensions

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Immigration, Form I-9 and Work Visas: Federal

  Updated to reflect the forthcoming permanent increase of automatic EAD extensions and modernization of the H-1B program and the H-2A and H-2B programs.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  DHS Further Modernizes H-1B Program

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  DHS Establishes Keeping Families Together Process

  Updated to reflect the permanent block of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Keeping Families Together program on November 7, 2024.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  DHS Extends Green Card Validity for Renewals

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Illinois Amends Law Regarding Use of Electronic Employment Verification Systems

• Type:

  Checklists

  Hire an H-1B Worker Checklist

  Updated to reflect the 2024 Department of Homeland Security final rule amending the H-1B registration process and enhancing program integrity.