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H-1B Visa Extension: Your 2025 Guide to Processing Times, Fees, and Steps

H-1B Visa Extension: Your 2025 Guide to Processing Times, Fees, and Steps

Each year, thousands of foreign professionals and U.S. employers rely on the H-1B visa program to maintain skilled employment relationships. As 2025 brings new policy updates and w...

Trump on H-1B | Trump's $100,000 H-1B Fee: What It Means for U.S. Employers and Foreign Talent

Trump on H-1B | Trump's $100,000 H-1B Fee: What It Means for U.S. Employers and Foreign Talent

On Sept. 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation requiring a $100,000 payment for certain new H-1B cases, effective Sept. 21, 2025. The H-1B program has long s...

H-1B vs. L-1 Visa: Which is the Right U.S. Work Visa for You?

H-1B vs. L-1 Visa: Which is the Right U.S. Work Visa for You?

For professionals and employers exploring U.S. immigration options, choosing between the H-1B and L-1 visas can shape long-term career and business outcomes. Both programs allow fo...

Changes to the H-1B Visa Process & How to Move Forward from here

Changes to the H-1B Visa Process & How to Move Forward from here

On September 19, 2025, a presidential proclamation introduced sweeping changes to the H‑1B work visa program. One of its most prominent features: any new H‑1B petition filed after ...

DHS Proposes a Weighted Wage Selection Process for the Upcoming H-1B Lottery Program

DHS Proposes a Weighted Wage Selection Process for the Upcoming H-1B Lottery Program

On September 24, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Registrar introducing a weighted selection process for H-1B cap-subject pe...

The $100,000 H-1B Presidential Proclamation Leaves Us with More Questions than Answers

The $100,000 H-1B Presidential Proclamation Leaves Us with More Questions than Answers

On September 19, 2024, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation requiring employers of H-1B specialty occupation employees to pay a $100,000 fee prior to the employee ent...

From H1B To Green Card: The Real Options And Pathways

From H1B To Green Card: The Real Options And Pathways

The H-1B visa is one of the most widely used nonimmigrant options for foreign professionals working in specialty occupations. It allows U.S. employers to sponsor highly skilled emp...

Understanding E-1 Visa

Understanding E-1 Visa

The E-1 Treaty Trader visa is a nonimmigrant option for nationals of treaty countries who wish to conduct trade with the United States. Created through treaties of commerce and nav...

E-1 vs E-2 Visas: What’s the Right U.S. Business Visa for You?

E-1 vs E-2 Visas: What’s the Right U.S. Business Visa for You?

Foreign entrepreneurs and companies often look to the United States as a hub for growth. Two of the most common non-immigrant visas available to investors and traders are the E-1 T...

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