Compliance Management

This report prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) examines treatment of non-citizens, including nonimmigrants, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

NAFSA urges the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to re-assess its approach to applying Public Law 111-306, and communicate its policies regarding the applicability of the IEP accreditation law to the public, either through the regulatory process or through formal written policy guidance

NAFSA advisory on SEVP's initiative to ensure compliance with the IEP Accreditation Act.

USCIS established an expedited process for reviewing and correcting decisions resulting from certain administrative errors.

Copy of letter from SEVP to the executive/owner of a school that has failed to apply for recertification at least 30 days in advance of its certification expiration date (CED).

BALCA holds that advertisements placed in connection with one of the three separate additional recruitment steps required by the standard labor certification recruitment regulations at 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e)(1)(ii), "including website advertisements, must comply with the content requirements [of

BALCA defines the term "permanent" for purposes of 20 C.F.R. § 656.10(c)(10), which requires an employer to attest in a PERM application that the “job opportunity is for full-time, permanent employment for an employer other than the alien.”

BALCA defines when recruitment "begins" for purposes of the PERM prevailing wage determination validity provision at 20 CFR 656.40(c).

SEVP guidance to students studying at a school whose SEVIS certification has been automatically withdrawn as a result of the school recertification process.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program's (SEVP) Fall 2011 conference presentation, entitled "Recertification: Easy as Review, Sign, and Submit," contains an explanation of the recertification process and tips on I-17 updates. The slideshow also contains a brief update on the progress of SEVIS II.