Immigration resources for modern teams.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 25, 2026 that courts have very limited power to pause TPS terminations. Haiti and Syria TPS ended July 1. For HR leaders, the immediate question is how to respond to affected employees, and the longer-term question is how to build an immigration program that no longer depends on litigation buying time.

What is PERM? PERM stands for "Program Electronic Review Management." It is the first step when filing a Green Card or an employment-based immigrant visa for a foreign national employee. During this process, the employer:1. Files a Prevailing Wage Request to the Department of Labor (DOL) via its FLAG website. The DOL uses this request to determine and issue the employer a prevailing wage determination (PWD). The PWD dictates the wage for the position based on the worksite location and the experi

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An H-1B employee who moves to a new city without notifying their employer's immigration team is, in most cases, violating the terms of their visa. The employer may not find out until USCIS raises it at the next extension filing, by which point the employee has been out of compliance for months or years. This article explains the rules, the consequences, and what HR should have in place to prevent it.

On June 8, 2026, a federal judge struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for workers abroad, calling it an unconstitutional tax that only Congress has the authority to impose. If you have been holding back on sponsoring overseas hires because of the fee, here is an honest look at what the ruling actually changes and what it does not.

On June 5, 2026, a federal court struck down four USCIS policies that had frozen work permits, green card applications, and other immigration benefits for nationals of 39 countries. If you have employees whose cases were stuck, processing should now resume. But the picture is different for candidates you are trying to bring in from outside the US.

USCIS is scrutinizing Day-1 CPT history at both the work visa and green card stage. A status violation finding can result in denial and, in some cases, a multi-year bar on re-entering the United States. If you have a foreign national employee on Day-1 CPT, or one considering it after an H-1B lottery loss, this article covers the risks and what HR should do.

Immigration officers can visit your workplace unannounced. Whether it is a routine FDNS compliance check or an ICE enforcement action, your response in the first few minutes matters more than most HR leaders realize. This guide explains what each type of visit means, what officers are looking for, and how to prepare your team before one ever happens.

USCIS issued a memo on May 21, 2026 that fundamentally shifts how green card applications filed inside the US get decided. Meeting the legal requirements is no longer enough on its own. For HR teams managing employees with pending or upcoming green card filings, here is what changed, who is affected, and what to do now.

A trailer manufacturer paid $436,000. A restaurant group paid nearly $100,000. Both were penalized for handling I-9 compliance incorrectly in the exact kinds of situations this guide covers. Four non-obvious scenarios with specific rules for each: I-94 truncation, status changes, the new-form vs. reverification vs. annotation framework, and advance parole re-entry.

USCIS issued a new policy memo on green card applications, and the reaction in immigration circles has been significant. The memo is real. The practical impact is not yet defined. Here is what the memo actually says, what it could mean for your sponsored employees, and why no one should be changing their plans based on what is circulating right now.