Week: March 10 - 14, 2025
In this week's newsletter, the new Secretary of Labor confirmed, the interim final rule on an "alien registration" process is now open to public comments, the CDC removal of COVID-19 vaccine requirement for immigrant visa applicants and the significant retrogress of EB-5 unreserved visas for both China and India.
Plus, Singapore work permit updates, Hong Kong's new visa application fee structure, Canada's temporary refusal policy extension and New Zealand's investor visa changes.
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USCIS announced a new “alien registration” process as part of implementation of an executive order issued by President Trump in January.
The U.S. State Department released the April Visa Bulletin.
The OFLC gave notice that record deletion from the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system starts at midnight on March 20, 2025.
The April Visa Bulletin shows a major retrogression of more than two years in the EB-5 unreserved visa category preference for both China and India.
DOL has posted updated processing times for PERM applications and prevailing wage determination (PWD) requests as of March 1.
The Senate confirmed a new U.S. Secretary of Labor.
The CDC removed the requirement that immigrant visa applicants receive the COVID-19 vaccination.