Insights & Updates on EB-1A Green Card and U.S. Immigration

In late 2025, a striking new trend emerged from the United States; one that cuts across careers, cultures, and communities. A major 2025 Survey of Immigrants conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) in partnership with The New York Times uncovered a powerful undercurrent of fear among immigrants in the U.S., including a large share of Indian professionals and families. According to the survey’s findings, nearly three in ten immigrants have deliberately avoided travel, both within and outside the U.S., to stay under the radar of immigration authorities.

The new H-1B visa rule remains one of the most important reforms amidst the crucial changes in the immigration policy under Donald Trump’s administration. Though the rule is going to be formally published and written down in the Federal Register today, much of it remains unclear and mysterious. Experts are already asking questions about whether the rule is going to supplant the old O-1 visa, and has even the potential to completely replace it.

Late December, the U.S. Embassy in India issued a “Worldwide Alert” for H-1B and H-4 visa applicants. This advisory, shared on social media and official channels, comes amid expanded visa vetting processes and prolonged processing times that are now being experienced globally for these visa categories. So, what does this notice exactly say? And, what do applicants need to know right away?

A group of immigration attorneys has recently come out to address a trend they have been noticing since the beginning of December: sudden revocations of U.S. Visas, particularly the H-1B. Prominent immigration attorney Rahul Reddy spoke in detail about the perplexity that surrounds this new trend.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a final rule fundamentally changing the H-1B visa selection process. It replaces the long-standing random lottery with a wage-weighted approach designed to prioritize higher-paid and higher-skilled foreign workers.

USCIS has recently released a policy update that aims to strengthen both protections for genuine survivors of domestic abuse and the integrity of U.S. immigration processes. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released this updated guidance for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) program.

In a major legal and policy development, a U.S. federal judge has refused to block President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. This ruling marks a significant victory for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

As the U.S. Department of State released the January 2026 Visa Bulletin, Indian professionals tracking their employment-based (EB) immigrant visa progress saw notable priority date movements in the Employment-Based categories.

In late December 2025, The Independent reported that the Trump administration is advancing plans that could significantly reshape U.S. citizenship policy. This development marks one of the most consequential shifts in U.S. immigration policy in decades, as it has touched on constitutional rights and sparked intense legal debate. The report suggests that the administration is gearing up to strip more foreign-born Americans of their citizenship.

Over hundreds of Indian professionals on H-1B visas are stranded in India after their visa appointments were abruptly cancelled and postponed. They are currently unable to return to their jobs after travelling to India for visa renewals this month.

A prominent republican senator justified suspending the US Diversity Visa Lottery, commenting that it is not about racism but the security of the entire nation.

Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary, has authorised the suspension of the green card lottery program at Donald Trump’s advice. As a reason for her step, she remarked that it allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to enter the US.