On December 18, 2024, USCIS published the final rule titled Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers. The rule is effective 30 days later, on January 17, 2025. Read the final rule published at 89 FR 103054

INA 212(f); 8 USC 1182(f) grants a President broad power to suspend or impose restrictions, "by proclamation," on the entry of "aliens" (the INA defines alien as "any person not a citizen or national of the United States") when he or she finds that such entry "would be detrimental to the interests

Executive actions, also called presidential actions, are actions that are taken by the President of the United States, usually through the following vehicles: Executive Orders; Presidential Proclamations; and Presidential Memoranda. Below are listed certain executive actions affecting higher

The Department of State's (DOS) 2024 Revised Exchange Visitor Skills List became effective on December 9, 2024, and applies to exchange visitors who acquire J-1 status on or after December 9, 2024, and exchange visitors who had been subject to INA 212(e) on the skills list basis under a prior list

This NAFSA page collects U.S. government immigration resources for individuals affected by events in Lebanon. DOS Visa Processing Guidance The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published a page on U.S. Visa Guidance for Individuals Affected by Events in Lebanon, which covers both immigrant and