Compliance Management

Court Case Threatens OPT: What You Can Do

Event Dates

September 3, 2019

September 3, 2019 The court case Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. Department of Homeland Security seeks to discontinue the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, particularly post completion OPT and STEM OPT. A decision in the case against OPT could also put other forms of F-1

DOS Guidance Directive 2019-03 - College and University Student Category: Screening and Monitoring

On August 5, 2019, the Department of State (DOS) issued Guidance Directive 2019-03 - College and University Student Category: Screening and Monitoring. Download Guidance Directive 2019-03 The guidance stems from DOS's review of the J-1 exchange visitor College and University Student category, and to

DOS OPA-AG Serious Problem or Controversy Reporting Rubric

22 CFR 62.13(d) requires an exchange visitor program to notify the Department of State of: any investigations of an exchange visitor's site of activity, or any serious problem or controversy that may bring the Department of State or the sponsor's exchange visitor program into "notoriety or disrepute

DHS Expands Expedited Removal Policy

Update: In a Federal Register notice published and effective on March 21, 2022, the Biden administration rescinded a July 23, 2019 Trump administration policy that had sought to expand DHS's expedited removal deportation authority. Prior to the rescission notice, on September 27, 2019, the United

IssueNet Quarterly Summary - July 2019

Summary of top issues reported to NAFSA IssueNet from March 2019 to June 2019 Long delays for H-1B applications which are impacting other things such as renewing driver's licenses. USCIS continues to apply a stricter standard of the Specialty Occupation definition for H-1Bs than in the past, leading

Foreign Gift and Contract Reporting

Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, codified at 20 USC 1011f, requires certain institutions that participate in the Title IV student assistance programs to submit disclosure reports to the U.S. Department of Education "on gifts received from any foreign source, contracts with a foreign entity

Key Takeaways from the May 16, 2019 DOL OFLC Stakeholder Meeting

Top Takeaways from the Department of Labor Stakeholder Meeting on May 16, 2019 A new system for filing with DOL is here: the Foreign Labor Application Gateway ( FLAG). Starting Monday, June 10, applications for Prevailing Wage Determinations will only be accepted through FLAG Due to the transition

The Future is Digital… Are You?

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents By: Polixenia Tohaneanu, University of Idaho The Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE) 2019 Symposium took place on April 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. The 2019 symposium examined the current framework of electronic

Surviving Tax Season: What International Student and Scholar Advisers Need to Know

Tax compliance is a stressful topic both for advisers and the international students and scholars they serve. This NAFSA Collegial Conversation will cover some basic Nonresident Alien (NRA) tax issues. Join experienced panelists for a conversation regarding how NRA tax rules and the new tax law

SEVP Prohibits Distribution of Form I-20 to Third Parties

SEVP Policy Guidance: Form I-20 Issuance and School Use of Recruiters (June 4, 2019) is directed to the practice of releasing I-20s to "recruiters," but its language reaches more broadly than that, stating that "DSOs are only authorized to release the Form I-20 directly to nonimmigrant students