International Student and Scholar Services

Contributing to Comprehensive Internationalization

Crisis Management

Office Administration

Orientation, Retention, and Student Services Programming

Student and Scholar Advising

Town Hall: Public Health and International Education – What's Now and What's Next

International educators have had to quickly adjust and shift to a different environment to support their students and scholars and manage expectations due to the impact of COVID-19. This Town Hall features a public health expert and an IIE researcher alongside seasoned international educators. The

From Admission to Arrival: ISSS Strategies for Supporting International Student Yield

January 21, 2025

Resource by 2024 KC Leaders George F. Kacenga (William Paterson University of New Jersey), IEM KC Julie Wilbers (Vanderbilt University), KC ISSS International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) professionals are increasingly recognized as valuable partners in supporting international student yield

The Trump Administration Regulatory Freeze Memorandum

January 21, 2025

Access the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (January 25, 2025): On whitehouse.gov Among other things, this memorandum instructs all agencies: "(1) Do not propose or issue any rule in any manner, including by sending a rule to the Office of the Federal Register (the

Executive Order: Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

January 21, 2025

Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats Signed by President Trump: January 20, 2025 Access the executive order on whitehouse.gov NAFSA Summary Section 2, Enhanced Vetting and Screening Across Agencies, calls on

Immigration-Related Comments in President Trump's January 20, 2025 Inaugural Address

January 20, 2025

Immigration-related comments in President Trump's January 20, 2025 inaugural address Extracted by NAFSA from the transcript on whitehouse.gov "Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common

Resources on Initiatives Under the Trump-Vance Administration

NAFSA Resources IE30 with Dr. Fanta Aw: Charting a Course in the New Political Environment. Join us on LinkedIn on January 22 from 1:00-2:00 Eastern as NAFSA CEO Dr. Fanta Aw and policy experts examine the path forward for international education. In this month's #IE30 discussion, we'll be joined by

Regulatory Perspectives: Regulatory Practice and the New Presidential Administration

February 13, 2025 | 2:00 pm

Join NAFSA staff members David Fosnocht and Steve Springer for a discussion of student and scholar advising and the new presidential administration. We’ll discuss vehicles an administration can use to effect change, review interests of the prior Trump administration that may be revived, and describe

A Brief History of F-1 Duration of Status

NAFSA compiled this brief timeline showing the history of F-1 “duration of status” (D/S) as background and context for discussions about duration of status. "INS" refers to the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service. Effective 01/01/1979 – 43 FR 54618 (11/22/1978); proposed at 43 FR 32306 (7

International Student & Scholar Offboarding Checklist

Resource by 2024 NAFSA KC ISSS Leaders Catherine Lee (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) Adria Buncal (Oregon State University) Ashley Simmons Coffey (Flagler College) Andrea Pietrzyk (Vanderbilt University) This resource was created to aid efforts to offboard international students and scholars

New URL to Access SEVIS Production Environment

The new URL for accessing the SEVIS production environment is https://sevis.ice.gov. A System Note on the SEVIS login page states: " IMPORTANT: The SEVIS Production environment and URL migration was successful. You should begin using https://sevis.ice.gov for SEVIS Production access." In Broadcast