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On March 27, 2026, the Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) published a proposed rule, titled Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States, that would change how prevailing wages are calculated for H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and PERM-based green card applications. These changes would generally increase the wages required for those petitions.

This document has been prepared by the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel to help the U-M community better understand current immigration laws and policies in the United States.

- updated 11/6/2025 -

On September 24, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security-US Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS/USCIS) published a proposed rule titled Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions.

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