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Built on the Salesforce platform, WRapid™  and WRapid™  Global are Enterprise Resource Planning software for business immigration.

It is now the leader in the field of Immigration Management Systems.  

The National Law Journal recognized WRapid™ with its 2025 “Trailblazer in Legal Technology” award.  

The software empowers human resource professionals with its robust analytics, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and case processing efficiencies.  

WRapid™ features automation and advanced bots WRosie and WRay that provide a critical advantage.

For example, WRay mimics an immigration legal expert by evaluating immigration risk for pre-hires. The systems capabilities are limitless. 

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Immigration news

New Report Shows Immigrant Texans Held are Vital to the Food and Agriculture Industry in Texas 

New research from the American Immigration Council underscores the crucial role that immigrants play in Texas’ food sectors, including agriculture. The new report, From Field to Fork: The Economic Impact of Immigrants on Texas’ Food Industry, was prepared in partnership with Texans for Economic Growth, a statewide 160+ member business coalition powered by the American Immigration Council. The report focuses on the […]

The post New Report Shows Immigrant Texans Held are Vital to the Food and Agriculture Industry in Texas  appeared first on American Immigration Council.

Insights

Chatting with Charlie Webinar Series

Former U.S. Department of State (DOS) Chief of Immigrant Visa Control Charlie Oppenheim is WR Immigration’s Director of Visa Consulting. Mr. Oppenheim leads two webinars each month in his “Chatting with Charlie” series regarding current visa issues and live reactions to the Visa Bulletin on LinkedIn. The Chatting with Charlie HR  Webinar Series assists companies and individuals with planning to meet hiring needs in shortage occupations. This series focuses on projections, predictions, and guidance for strategic visa planning and is invaluable to human resources professionals and visa applicants alike. Each month, Charlie and our team react to the release of the Visa Bulletin live on our LinkedIn and then upload podcast discussions and analysis’ on our YouTube channel! Upcoming Webinar The Chatting with Charlie EB-5 Investor Series helps individuals plan their immigration journey, understand visa waiting lines, and optimize green card application strategies. This series focuses on EB-5 investor green card options and strategies, especially regarding potentially backlogged countries (e.g., China, India, Vietnam, and Korea). View the entire series here! Upcoming Webinar Both of the Chatting with Charlie webinar series briefly touch on discuss family preference categories. However, until Congress amends the quotas set in 1990, there is unlikely to be any significant movement […]

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WR Immigration News Digest

For audio listeners, you can listen to our audio version of the News Digest here. You can also join our Immigration News Digest Newsletter here. Federal Judge Blocks $100,000 H-1B Fee Nationwide A federal district court in Massachusetts has vacated the Administration’s $100,000 H-1B proclamation fee, ruling that the policy exceeded executive authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act. The decision effectively blocks U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from collecting the fee nationwide, at least for the time being. The fee, introduced through a presidential proclamation and subsequent agency implementation, was intended to apply to certain H-1B filings and represented one of the most significant cost increases ever imposed on employers sponsoring foreign workers. In its ruling, the court concluded that the fee functioned more like a tax than a standard filing fee and therefore required congressional authorization. The court also found that the policy was procedurally deficient and unlawfully implemented under federal administrative law. As a result, the fee has been vacated in its entirety rather than limited to the parties involved in the case. The ruling creates uncertainty because it conflicts with a separate federal court decision issued in late 2025 that upheld the fee. The Department […]

Announcements

WR Immigration Wins O-1 Visa Issuance Through Federal Court Action After Two-Year Consular Delay

WR Immigration is proud to share a recent litigation success that helped an O-1 visa holder overcome an extraordinary consular delay and finally obtain a visa to enter the United States. Our client, a highly accomplished professional approved for O-1 classification by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), found themselves trapped in immigration limbo despite having already secured petition approval. A Visa Approved but Never Issued After USCIS approved the client’s O-1 petition, the client attended a visa interview at the U.S. Consulate and submitted a passport for visa issuance. Under ordinary circumstances, this would have been one of the final steps before traveling to the United States. Instead, the case remained unresolved in administrative processing for approximately two years. Despite repeated follow-up inquiries to the Department of State, the client received no meaningful updates regarding the status of the visa. After exhausting all reasonable efforts to obtain a response from the government, the client turned to WR Immigration for assistance. Taking the Fight to Federal Court WR Immigration evaluated the matter and determined that federal litigation was the appropriate strategy. Our attorneys filed a mandamus action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking to compel […]

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