On March 15, 2011, the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) updated guidance on prevailing wage requests. The updates to the PWD FAQs follows:

With April 1, 2011 rapidly approaching, there are several important issues employers should be aware of this H-1B filing season. Several new procedures and laws were implemented affecting the H-1B petition process in 2010. ...

On March 2, 2011, USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas announced the opening of 60-day comment period on proposed changes to the H-1B petitioning process for United States employers.

On December 22, 2010, USCIS issued a final policy memorandum regarding the evaluation of evidence submitted with certain EB-1 and EB-2 petitions.

The Department of State recently issued guidance to diplomatic and consular posts on the processing of L visas for "Specialized Knowledge" workers.