Karin Fischer, Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 24, 2024 "A pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases about whether commercial fishermen can be forced to pay the cost of federal monitors could have far-reaching implications for regulations affecting international...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, Jan. 16, 2024 "On December 20, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual pertaining to nonimmigrant students in F and M status. An F-1 visa allows a nonimmigrant...
USCIS, Dec. 20, 2023 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization, change...
Ava Sasani, The Guardian, Aug. 19, 2023 "“For countries like Afghanistan or others where there is war, or other problems, it can be particularly hard to show that you intend to return home after you finish your studies in the United States,”...
USCIS, May 3, 2023 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a Federal Register notice on the extension and expansion of eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Hong Kong residents. The notice also explains how eligible...
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 48 / Monday, March 13, 2023 - "This notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is suspending certain regulatory requirements for F–1 nonimmigrant students whose country of citizenship is Somalia...
USCIS, Feb. 22, 2023 "The Secretary of Homeland Security may suspend certain regulatory requirements for F-1 students from a particular region who are experiencing severe economic hardship as a direct result of emergent circumstances (also known as SSR)...
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 3, 2023 "This notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is suspending certain regulatory requirements for F–1 nonimmigrant students whose country of citizenship is Yemen...
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 237 / Monday, December 12, 2022 "This notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is suspending certain regulatory requirements for F–1 nonimmigrant students whose country of citizenship is Ethiopia...
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 237 / Monday, December 12, 2022 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to update information that is no longer accurate since the creation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System...
Karin Fischer, Jan. 3, 2022 "Student-visa fees could increase under a proposed rule, the State Department gives consular officers greater discretion to assess students’ ties to their home countries, and a guilty verdict in a China Initiative trial."...
NAFSA, July 22, 2021 "We are writing today to request that the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) consider granting Special Student Relief (SSR)* to F-1 students from Haiti. * Regulations allow DHS to suspend...
Joint Statement of Principles in Support of International Education, July 26, 2021 Reengaging the World to Make the United States Stronger at Home A Renewed U.S. Commitment to International Education "We propose the following principles to guide our...
Prof. Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, Apr. 24, 2021 "... Biden’s election was a pivotal moment for international students. Universities are already seeing a spike in international student applications, a phenomenon coined “ the Biden bump .” A survey of 800 prospective...
Karin Fischer, Chronicle of Higher Education, Mar. 3, 2021 "The new immigration bill, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, would provide legal protections to Dreamers and make it easier for international STEM Ph.D.s to stay in the United States after graduation...