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DOS Ends Third-Country Nonimmigrant Visa Appointments — Nonimmigrant visa applicants, with a few exemptions, must schedule their consultations at the united state consular office or consular office in their country of citizenship or home.
Yearly Cap Grabbed EB- 1 Immigrant Visas; October Visa Notice Launched; Religious Workers Group to End — united state consular offices and consular offices can not issue additional immigrant visas in the EB- 1 permit classification until the beginning of the brand-new federal on October 1, 2025 The Visa Notice for October also keeps in mind that the E- 4 Particular Religious Workers permit classification ends on September 30, 2025
High Court States Government Can Continue to Restrain Individuals in Los Angeles Location in the meantime; Sotomayor Dissents — The Supreme Court granted, without explanation, an application for keep of an area court’s order in an instance that challenged migration police officers’ practice of restraining people in the Los Angeles area based on specific characteristics.
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DOS Ends Third-Country Nonimmigrant Visa Appointments
On September 6, 2025, the Department of State (DOS) introduced that nonimmigrant visa (NIV) candidates typically need to arrange their visits at the united state consular office or consulate in their country of nationality or house. Third-country visa consultation organizing is typically no longer permitted, with minimal exceptions. Candidates need to be able to demonstrate legal home in the nation where they are applying, if eligibility is based on residency.
DOS updated directions on its site over the weekend break accordingly. Candidates with existing NIV appointments that were arranged prior to the September 6 upgrade will typically not be terminated, but going forward, candidates that use outside their country of nationality or residence “may locate it more difficult to get approved for the visa,” DOS said, and visa costs will certainly not be reimbursed or moved. Applicants who need to apply outside their country of nationality or house must expect longer wait times. Nationals of nations without routine NIV operations should apply at a marked U.S. consular office or consular office as detailed in the chart on the DOS web site.
DOS detailed exemptions for candidates looking for A, G, C- 2, C- 3, NATO visas, diplomatic/official visas, or travel under the UN Headquarters Arrangement. Restricted exceptions might likewise obtain altruistic, medical, or foreign policy factors.
Annual Cap Grabbed EB- 1 Immigrant Visas; October Visa Publication Released; Religious Employees Category to Expire
On September 8, 2025, the Department of State (DOS) revealed that all immigrant visas in the Employment-Based First Preference (EB- 1 category for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 have actually been provided. Therefore, U.S. embassies and consulates can not release additional immigrant visas in the EB- 1 classification up until the beginning of FY 2026 on October 1, 2025 This follows a similar announcement by DOS relating to immigrant visas in the EB- 2 group recently
DOS has actually launched the October Visa Publication Since October 1, 2025, brand-new visa numbers will certainly become available, and processing will resume for qualified applicants, consisting of those in the EB- 1 category.
The Visa Bulletin for October also notes that the E- 4 Particular Religious Employees (SR) group expires on September 30, 2025 No SR visas may be issued overseas, or last action handled change of status instances, after midnight on September 29, 2025 Visas released before that day will stand just till September 29, 2025, and all people seeking admission in the non-minister special immigrant classification need to be admitted right into the USA by twelve o’clock at night on September 29, 2025
The bulletin notes that the SR category is detailed as “Not available” for all countries for October. If Congress expands the category, DOS stated “it is most likely it will certainly become available reliable quickly.”
High Court Claims Government Can Continue to Restrain People in Los Angeles Location for Now; Justice Sotomayor Dissents
On September 8, 2025, the High court granted, without explanation, an application for keep of a district court’s injunction in Noem v. Perdomo , an instance that tested immigration policemans’ method of apprehending people in the Los Angeles location based upon characteristics such as their evident race or ethnicity, whether they talked Spanish or English, the location where they were found (such as an auto clean or bus stop), and the type of task they appeared to function. The remain means that the federal government can continue to stop and detain individuals under these conditions in Los Angeles while lawsuits continues.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed. He said there was unlawful immigration in the Los Angeles area in “remarkable numbers” which U.S. immigration officers consequently have prioritized immigration enforcement there. “The Government in some cases makes short investigatory quits to inspect the immigration condition of those who collect in locations where people are hired for day tasks; who work or show up to work in tasks such as building and construction, landscaping, agriculture, or cars and truck cleans that often do not need paperwork and are therefore eye-catching to illegal immigrants; and who do not speak much if any type of English,” he stated. “If the officers learn that the private they quit is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the USA, they quickly allowed the private go. If the person is illegally in the USA, the officers may apprehend the individual and initiate the procedure for removal.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, keeping in mind that during the raids, “teams of armed and concealed agents brought up to cars and truck laundries, tow backyards, farms, and parks and began taking individuals on view, often before asking a single concern,” in some cases taking care of people about and apprehending them. She said individuals, including united state citizens, likewise were taken from Home Depots, tow yards, farms, reusing centers, churches, and parks. She noted that the federal government’s practices have actually daunted people in the area and that the government is most likely going against the 4th Modification and counting solely on generalizations that deal with big sections of the population with uncertainty. “The Federal government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U. S. people or otherwise, that function reduced wage jobs are fair game to be taken at any time, taken away from work, and held up until they offer proof of their lawful condition to the agents’ satisfaction.” Justice Sotomayor opined, “We need to not need to stay in a country where the Government can take anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and shows up to function a low wage work. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional liberties are shed, I dissent.”