As the Trump administration looks to curtail the ability of foreigners to live and work in the United States, many of the changes are happening through executive orders and policy memos, not legislation.

The latest shift affects holders of the H-1B visa favored by tech companies, as well as other work visas, who are seeking to extend their stays.

Under a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy issued Monday, foreigners applying for a visa extension will no longer be given

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began its Administrative Site Visit and Verification Program (ASVVP) in 2009. Under the program, site visits are conducted by the Fraud Detection and National Security directorate (FDNS) of USCIS. FDNS conducts site visits for religious worker petitions, H-1B petitions, and since 2014, L-1 petitions. (Administrative Site Visit and Verification Program (updated 10/30/14), USCIS

USCIS ha publicado una nueva página web sobre el incremento de tarifas H-1B y L-1 según requerido por la Ley de Presupuesto Consolidado de 2016 (Ley Pública 114-113). La Ley Pública 114-113 requiere que algunos peticionarios paguen una tarifa adicional de $4,000 para ciertas peticiones H-1B y $4,500 adicionales para ciertas peticiones L-1A y L-1B.