UPDATE: USCIS ISSUES CLARIFYING GUIDANCE THAT H-1B TRAVEL RESTRICTION WILL ONLY APPLY PROSPECTIVELY AND WILL NOT IMPACT CURRENT H-1B VISA HOLDERS

Late in the day on September 20, 2025, USCIS Director, Joseph B. Edlow, issued a Policy Memorandum clarifying that the Trump Administration’s Executive Action (EA) titled Restriction On Entry Of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers (“H-1B Proclamation”) applies prospectively.