Business Immigration Insights

Effective January 1, 2025, Illinois employers face updated regulations under Public Act 103-0879, altering the landscape of E-Verify and Form I-9 compliance.

This post serves as a regularly updated resource to keep employers informed regarding TPS designations, extensions, cancellations, and other policy changes.  This post was last updated on February 3, 2025. 

President Trump’s decision to suspend visa services at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia on Sunday, January 26^th as part of an effective effort to pressure the government of Colombia to agree to accept flights of Colombian citizens being deported from the United States, makes it more likely that the same tactic will be used with other countries who fail to comply with U.S. immigration directives and policies. 

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued dozens of Executive Orders (EOs), several of which, if implemented, will impact employers and sponsored employees who utilize legal temporary and permanent visa programs.

The State Department has published the February Visa Bulletin.  As the title of this piece indicates, there was some movement in two India categories – under 3 weeks in EB-2 and just 1 week in EB-3 – but we’ll take it.

The State Department has published the January Visa Bulletin.  As the title of this piece indicates, there was some movement in two India categories – under 3 weeks in EB-2 and only 1 week in EB-3 – but we’ll take it.

This blog post discusses potential changes to immigration law under the second Trump administration. 

The State Department has published the December Visa Bulletin.  As the title of this piece indicates, there was some movement in two India categories – under 3 weeks in EB-2 and only 1 week in EB-3 – but we’ll take it.

The State Department has published the November Visa Bulletin.  The best that can be said of this month’s edition is that no category retrogressed.  The bad news is there was no forward movement either:  all remains status quo from October.

The State Department has published the much-anticipated October Visa Bulletin, the first issue of Fiscal Year 2025.  Although the new year brings a brand new allotment of visa numbers in all categories, not much has changed since last month, with one exception in the All Countries category.