On January 14, the State Department quietly announced something that immediately triggered panic across HR and Legal Ops teams: immigrant visa processing was suspended for individuals from 75 countries. For many employers, the initial reaction was understandable. Questions flooded in. Does this affect employees already in the U.S.? Are pending cases at risk? Should international [...]
For years, many HR teams treated international visa stamping as a routine administrative step. Employees traveled, attended a short consular interview, and returned within weeks. That assumption no longer holds. As of December 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of State expanded its online presence review for certain visa applicants — a change that is already [...]
TL;DR This guide is for HR leaders and Legal Ops teams managing multiple H-1B employees. You’ll learn why the Department of Labor may increase scrutiny under Operation Firewall, what is likely to trigger attention, and how to complete an internal PAF compliance check. Hi, I’m Robert Nadalin, a board-certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law [...]
On September 19, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that sent shockwaves through corporate HR departments nationwide: a proposed one-time $100,000 fee for certain new H-1B visa petitions. If you're an HR leader or legal ops professional managing foreign national employees, you've probably been fielding questions from leadership, employees, and stakeholders about what this [...]
If you manage immigration cases for your company, you’ve probably seen the headlines about the Hyundai-LG battery plant raid in Georgia—where 500 workers were detained. For many HR and Legal Ops teams, it raised the same question: Could this happen to us? While most companies won’t find themselves in a DHS enforcement raid, the incident [...]
Late Friday, September 19, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) proposing a one-time $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa petitions. In this video, Robert Nadalin, Managing Attorney at Nadalin Law, breaks down what this proposal actually means—and what HR leaders and international employees should be watching for. He clarifies the practical implications, [...]
When a European tech company rushed to establish its first U.S. office, immigration paperwork was delegated to an outsourced provider. On paper, everything looked fine—until the consulate flagged that the executives listed didn’t meet the “managerial capacity” requirement. The launch was delayed by months, critical contracts were lost, and HR was left explaining to leadership [...]
It happens more often than you think. An HR leader spends months securing an approved petition for a critical employee. The trip home for visa stamping seems routine—until the consular officer says “denied” in under two minutes. No papers reviewed. No second chance. This is the reality of high-volume consular interviews where decisions are made [...]
It’s been just over five months since the new administration took office, and while things may appear calm on the surface, the undercurrents of change in U.S. immigration policy are already creating ripple effects. In a recent LinkedIn Live, I shared my perspective as a board-certified immigration attorney on what HR leaders and legal [...]
The National Interest Waiver (NIW) is a special category under U.S. immigration law that provides an alternative pathway for foreign nationals to obtain lawful permanent residence (green card) without requiring the standard employer-sponsored labor certification (PERM) process. This waiver, designed for certain categories of employment-based immigrants, enables those whose work serves a substantial benefit [...]
