On October 19, USCIS increased its filing fee for the I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service. In an associated news release, USCIS stated that the premium processing filing fee will be increased from $1,440 to $2,500 for all filings, except H-2B and R-1 filings where the premium processing filing fee will be increased from $1,440 to $1,500. The law responsible for the increased...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) wage rule was published and took immediate effect on October 8. The DOL wage rule has drastically altered the system used to determine accurate wages for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 nonimmigrant petitions and Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) applications. Under the DOL wage rule, required wages have increased by approximately 25% for all levels and...

The final rule expected to take effect on October 2, has been put on hold. On September 29, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Immigration Legal Resource Center et al., v. Wolf, et al., 20-cv-05883-JWS, preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing or enforcing any part of the final rule. While the rule is...