DHS Plans Revisions to Request for Case Assistance by CIS Ombudsman On March 14, 2025 DHS published a Federal Register notice giving the public 60 days to comment on its plan to submit for OMB review a series of changes to DHS Form 7001, Request for Case Assistance. Individuals and employers use

Summary New State Department Determination Expands Foreign Affairs Exemption Under the APA. A Federal Register notice published on March 14, 2025, delivers a broad new determination from Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring that all federal efforts related to border control, immigration, and

Access NAFSA's collection of executive orders and agency actions impacting international education: Travel Bans and Restrictions Vetting and Enforcement Government Funding, Staffing, and Operations DEI and Gender Antisemitism Related American Ideology Actions Immigration Benefits Actions Recent and

This page tracks the termination or curtailment of humanitarian immigration benefits under the Trump-Vance administration (2025-2029). These humanitarian programs include: Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Humanitarian Parole Programs Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Visa Interview Wait Time Info No Longer Available on DOS Web Pages Two actions have rendered visa interview wait time information no longer available on the travel.state.gov website. First, the DOS Global Visa Wait Times page had not been updated since January 7, 2025, and on March 7, 2025 was

Shortlink to this page: www.nafsa.org/travelbans Statutory Bases for Travel Bans and Restrictions A number of long-standing statutory provisions in the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) give wide discretion to the President, and sometimes the Secretary of a Federal agency, to suspend or

Executive Order 14222 of February 26, 2025: Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative Read the executive order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register citation: 90 FR 11095 (March 3, 2025) Stated purpose "This order commences a transformation in Federal

New USCIS guidance will require young nonimmigrants who turn 14 while in the U.S. to "re-register" with USCIS within 30 days of their birthday, even if previously registered when entering the country. This may affect, for example, F-2, J-2, H-4 dependents and young F-1/J-1 students who entered

Executive Order 14215 of February 18, 2025: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies injects the President and the Department of Justice/Attorney General directly into the regulatory and interpretive processes of all agencies. Read: Executive Order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register cite: 90 FR