Visa & Entry Policy Updates — June 2026

This monthly roundup summarizes recent regulatory changes affecting international visa and entry requirements. Each update is sourced from official government publications and verified against primary source documents. Always confirm current requirements with the destination country's embassy before travel.

Clarification of Discretionary Employment Authorization for Certain Aliens

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2026-06-05 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

The Department of Homeland Security proposes to limit and clarify eligibility for discretionary employment authorization for aliens paroled into the United States temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, who have been granted deferred action, or against whom a final order of removal exists and who are temporarily released from custody on an order of supervision. D

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Termination of the Designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2026-03-03 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Yemen is set to expire on March 3, 2026. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Yemen no longe

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2026-02-23 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to modify regulations governing applications for asylum and withholding of removal (asylum applications) and employment authorization based on a pending asylum application. The proposed rule would change filing and eligibility requirements for aliens requesting employment authorization and an employment authorization document (EAD) based on a

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2026 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2026-02-03 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 authority to issue up to, but not more than, an additional 64,716 visas for the fiscal year. All of these supplemental visas will be available only to those American businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, i.e., those facing permanent an

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Termination of the Designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2026-01-14 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status. The designation of Somalia is set to expire on March 17, 2026. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Somalia no long

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2025-12-29 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). Through this rule, DHS is implementing a weighted selection proces

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Certain DHS Immigration Fees Required by HR-1: Fiscal Year 2026 Adjustments for Inflation

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2025-11-19 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 inflationary adjustments to certain immigration-related fees required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR-1). HR-1 requires that DHS annually adjust certain immigration-related fees for inflation. This notice sets the inflation-adjusted FY 2026 fee amounts for the following immigration fees required by HR-1: the fee fo

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

Policy Update — US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration. The following regulatory change was published on 2025-11-19 and may affect visa requirements for international travelers.

DHS proposes to rescind the 2022 public charge ground of inadmissibility regulations. The 2022 regulations are not the best implementation of the statute, inconsistent with congressional intent, unduly restrictive, and hamper DHS's ability to make accurate, precise, and reliable determinations of whether certain aliens are likely at any time to become a public charge. Rescission would restore broa

EntryPolicies is monitoring this development and will update affected country pages as official implementation guidance becomes available. Travelers should verify entry requirements with the destination country's embassy or consulate before booking. Policy announcements may have implementation periods during which existing rules remain in effect.

Source: US Federal Register — Visa & Immigration — federalregister.gov

About This Report

EntryPolicies monitors official government sources — including the EU Official Journal, US Federal Register, and IATA Travel Centre — for visa and entry policy changes affecting international travelers. This report is generated semi-automatically: source announcements are detected by our monitoring system and interpreted by our editorial team before publication.

Sources cited: federalregister.gov. Last checked: 2026-06-07.