In the latest podcast episode of the Immigration Insights Series, hosts Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky, shareholders in Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration & Compliance Practice, address the latest challenges and opportunities facing EB-5 investors and regional centers in 2025.
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 20 | Demystifying EB-5 Funding: Loans, Installments, and the Latest USCIS Rules
This week USCIS announced that in a continued effort to upgrade the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, states may now use SAVE to verify the U.S. citizenship status
Continue Reading SAVE Upgrades — USCIS Enhances Voter Verification Systems
Greenberg Traurig Immigration & Compliance Co-Chair Kate Kalmykov notes that the heightened costs and uncertainty may cause companies to reconsider or delay H-1B sponsorships.
Continue Reading USCIS Issues Requests for Evidence Demanding $100,000 H-1B Fee; Here’s What it Means for Indians
This CNBC TV 18 article discusses the U.S. Department of Labor’s Project Firewall, launched in September 2025 to intensify enforcement against misuse of the H-1B visa program and prioritize American
Continue Reading ‘Put Our Workers First’: US Tightens H-1B Visa Scrutiny to Protect ‘American Jobs’
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP received the most Tier 1 national rankings, with 43 national rankings, and second-most metropolitan Tier 1 rankings, with 294 metro rankings, in the 2026 Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.”
In a new procedural development, U.S. consular posts have started forwarding B-1 in lieu of H-1B visa applications to the Department of State (DOS)’s Visa Office in Washington, D.C., for
Continue Reading US Consulates Now Requiring Additional Review in Washington for B-1 in Lieu of H-1B Visa Applications
In this episode of the Immigration Insights podcast series, Kate Kalmykov, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration & Compliance Practice, is joined by Don Aviv, CEO of Interfor International, to tackle
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 19 | Guarding the Global Workforce: Security Challenges in Immigration and Global Mobility
On Oct. 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has resumed full processing of employer requests for prevailing wage determinations
Continue Reading DOL Resumes Processing Prevailing Wage and Labor Certification Applications
On Sept. 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation establishing a new $100,000 payment requirement for certain H-1B filings, effective Sept. 21, 2025. While U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Continue Reading Who Must Pay the New $100,000 H-1B Filing Fee: Real-World Scenarios Explained
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expanding its use of facial recognition technology to airports, pursuant to a final rule published on Oct. 24, 2025, which it says will
Continue Reading CBP Will Soon Require Photos, Biometrics from Foreign Nationals Upon Entering and Exiting United States