Compliance Management

On August 28, 2020 SEVP sent DSOs Broadcast Message 2008-03: SEVP to Mail Notices to OPT Students Without Employer Information, informing them of its plan to mail notices to OPT students "who have not reported employer information and have exceeded 90 days of unemployment." The message SEVP plans to

Update: A news outlet reported in March, 2025 that an unpublished Social Security Administration (SSA) memo informed SSA offices that it "is temporarily pausing the Enumeration-Beyond-Entry (EBE) process for noncitizens granted work authorization (I-765)." Secret policy shift could overwhelm Social

Revised Visa Interview Waiver Policy In a September 18, 2025 Interview Waiver Update, the Department of State announced that effective October 1, 2025 it will add "Applicants renewing an H-2A visa within 12 months of the prior visa’s expiration when the prior visa was issued for full validity at the

Download the 2020 DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List from ICE.gov The conversion from CIP 2010 to CIP 2020 was accomplished in SEVIS Release 6.55, implemented on October 16, 2020. CIP codes are shared by all SEVIS categories, F, M, and J. SEVP's SEVIS Release 6.55 Planning Guide contains

Due to past delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS has authorized temporary and limited use of an I-797 EAD approval notice (not a receipt notice) as a List C # 7 document that establishes employment authorization (but not identity) for I-9 purposes. To qualify: The I-797 approval notice must

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent the following email to stakeholders on August 18, 2020. The message is also posted on the USCIS web site as a news alert. From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sent: August 18, 2020 Subject: USCIS Reminds

Iran has been subject to numerous U.S. sanctions for decades. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces most of these sanctions. OFAC maintains a resource page that presents the complicated and numerous Iran sanctions. One part of the Iran

The outcome for students under SEVP's March 2020 Guidance, which continues to apply for the 2022-23 academic year, depends to some degree on the following factors: Location: Is the student outside or inside the United States? Program Type: Is the student's program of study All Online, Hybrid, or In

SEVP posted a revised set of COVID-19 FAQs dated August 7, 2020 at www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/covid19faq.pdf, which merged its July 24 "Clarifying Questions" and its July 15 FAQs into a single document, revising some of the FAQs "to reflect the fall 2020 semester," and to archive and rescind

The Department of Labor announced on July 31, 2020 that it entered into a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Homeland Security, allowing the Departments to provide access and share information about immigrant and nonimmigrant petition records and data contained within the